vcs700s Posted May 4, 2013 Share #1 Posted May 4, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Any recommended brands and places to purchase the UV/IR filter for my new M8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tobey bilek Posted May 4, 2013 Share #2 Posted May 4, 2013 B&H Photo has B+W which seem to work as well as the Leica branded ones. You do not need them unless the lenses are coded which you will do eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAS Posted May 4, 2013 Share #3 Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) The TO means the UV/IR Cut filters. And those you will need with an M8 shooting color. That has nothing to do with coding lenses! and b+w filters are my recommendation too. Just google and you may find some less expensive, but even if other brands are cheaper, don't save at the wrong end! Have fun with you new cam! Edited May 4, 2013 by GAS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 4, 2013 Share #4 Posted May 4, 2013 Well, in a way it does as the coding will help correct the colour shift produced on wide-angle lenses. The filter you want is B+W 486. Essential for an M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 4, 2013 Share #5 Posted May 4, 2013 Just a little advice : some 3rd party filters can give small issues about the mounting of Leica hoods+cap, which Leica originals do not present: I got a B+W E43 for my old Summilux 50, and I can't fit firmly its hood (it mounts, but the "dents" do not "click" into) : not a frequent issue, I think, but a bit annoying when happens... check with care the filter mount... better it is of the "slim" type. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpitt Posted May 4, 2013 Share #6 Posted May 4, 2013 I can confirm the issues with hoods and caps. The same issue exists for E39 filters from B+W compared to original Leica filters. Caps and hoods can be lost more easily with the B+W filter. The filter is always necessary on M8 to get correct colour. Coding is secondary IMO and gives most benefits on 40mm and smaller. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcs700s Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted May 4, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, in a way it does as the coding will help correct the colour shift produced on wide-angle lenses. The filter you want is B+W 486. Essential for an M8. Any particular brand or place to buy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 4, 2013 Share #8 Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) B+W, quoted by Jaap, is the brand of Schneider Optics dedicated to filters: they can be found/ordered in many photo stores (Adorama , for instance). Leica filters of course can be ordered at Leica dealers : take note that original UVIR Leica filters ar rather easy to be found in the used market.... Leicashop of Wien, for instance, has several for sale at its site. Edited May 4, 2013 by luigi bertolotti 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted May 4, 2013 Share #9 Posted May 4, 2013 The TO means the UV/IR Cut filters. And those you will need with an M8 shooting color. That has nothing to do with coding lenses!and b+w filters are my recommendation too. Just google and you may find some less expensive, but even if other brands are cheaper, don't save at the wrong end! Have fun with you new cam! First you find out the colors are off, usually black first, then green, and then the rest so you buy the 486 filter. Then you see the off color corners of the UV/IR filter. Then you decide to code the lens to correct the corners. If you put them on an uncoded lens 35 or shorter, the corners will go off color. Then you find out the lens needs coding to fix the off color corners. Natural progression. It will have everything to do with coding lenses . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcs700s Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share #10 Posted May 4, 2013 First you find out the colors are off, usually black first, then green, and then the rest so you buy the 486 filter. Then you see the off color corners of the UV/IR filter. Then you decide to code the lens to correct the corners. If you put them on an uncoded lens 35 or shorter, the corners will go off color. Then you find out the lens needs coding to fix the off color corners. Natural progression. It will have everything to do with coding lenses . Thanks. This is all new to me but the lens I am buying is coded. Should help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguewave Posted May 4, 2013 Share #11 Posted May 4, 2013 Not to be a partypooper, but I find that you can control the color better without the cut filter. Just one or two adjustments in a layer provides much better control than the IR cut filter for color images. It took me about 3 hours to work out the best process. Use the LAB space so you can reuse the numerics for color corrections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 4, 2013 Share #12 Posted May 4, 2013 Never succeeded in that. To me IR-cut filters are mandatory on M8/M8u/M8.2 for colour works that is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 4, 2013 Share #13 Posted May 4, 2013 Neither I did succeed... or better to say I found that with some colors in some fabrics (I remember well a blue shirt of my daughter on which I struggled for hours...) is a desperate exercise and I decided that NOT mounting the UVIR is a rare event. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 4, 2013 Share #14 Posted May 4, 2013 Agreed. To my eyes at least, the IQ of my M8.2 is due for a good part to those UV/IR filters that i could not stand in the first place but became gradually my favorite accessories, in spite of their drawbacks in night photography, to the point that i won't remove them for my first test of the M240. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted May 4, 2013 Share #15 Posted May 4, 2013 +2 Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcs700s Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share #16 Posted May 4, 2013 I just took the M8 and lens for a test run. All pics outside with partly cloudy skies. The color looks good to me. I don't have the filter on yet as it is in the mail. Is it needed outside or inside under artificial lighting or both? I read somewhere about Tungsten light effecting the color etc. Thanks for the help. Many questions to come I am sure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 4, 2013 Share #17 Posted May 4, 2013 IR-cut fiters are always needed in my experience but you'd better remove them for night photography to avoid ghost images if you shoot light sources mainly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 9, 2013 Share #18 Posted May 9, 2013 +1 As soon as there is a significant amount of IR light present you need a filter. As your eye is not sensitive to IR that means you basically need it all the time. Unless, of course, you like yellow foliage, magenta and pimply portraits of caucasian skin, cyan skies, and of course the oft-mentioned purple blacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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