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Originally Posted by FastFashnReloaded
It doesn't work that way. You have to understand that Leica is a company with a reputation for engineering. The engineering may be old clockwork, but it's still a rep for good quality. Engineers don't like looking stupid. Marketing doesn't care, but they never care about anything but sales anyway.
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I think it does work this way. The purpose of Leica is to make money for it's shareholders, not just to do engineering.
What you say about engineers and marketing types is right though.
To me it is inconceivable that Leica did not know about the IR/magenta performance characteristics. They knew about it while they were doing early design work and in their typical uncomprimising way continued to produce a camera with the best possible imaging performance, given the physical characteristics of the M system. The only thing remaining to be worked out would have been how to sell the concept of needing filters to a market known for its resistance to the idea.