Revdockj Posted June 24, 2011 Share #1 Posted June 24, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) What's the difference between using or not using the UV/IR filter when doing B & W photography with the M8? Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjh Posted June 24, 2011 Share #2 Posted June 24, 2011 IR-reflecting subjects will still appear somewhat brighter without the filter which may or may not be a good thing, depending on the circumstances. With the filter the image will be a tiny bit sharper but honestly it doesn’t make much of a difference, if at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted June 24, 2011 Share #3 Posted June 24, 2011 The obvious answer would be: none. Though I doubt, whether this would be right for any case. You have different possibilities to get B+W photos from a digital M. You can use JPG+BW, than you have no DNG-raw-file. I don't think that UV/IR-filters make any difference for the results. The other way to get a BW-photo may be you shoot in DNG. Than you have a raw file which you can post-process in the raw-converter (Capture One, Lightroom, Photoshop etc.). There you start with all the information for colour and have different means to get a BW result. Without UV/IR-filter you get different colours with the M8. It's not only the infamous magenta instead of black, but also red and green from plants may differ a lot from what you get with filters. So the initial file you use to get the result in BW may differ quite considerably if you start with filters or without. This might - but must not always - lead to different results and the results in BW without filters must not be worse than with filters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revdockj Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted June 24, 2011 Thanks for the replies. I have been using the M8 for almost four years, and the M9 for over a year, and I am only now getting back to my original first love--black and white photography. Over the past four years I vaguely recall discussions on this forum regarding black and white photography. I'll have to do some searches. Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted June 25, 2011 Share #5 Posted June 25, 2011 See LFI 8/2010 for an article re this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revdockj Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted June 25, 2011 Thanks, Brian. I'll look that issue up. Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trs Posted June 27, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 27, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I liked the in camera BW JPG without UV/IR filter. I am not sure if it was just feeling or real. I should retry again. I never take the UV/IR filter even when I put the lens on film camera which I hear is not good idea if shoting in color. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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