IR cut filter and reflections

[robsteve]

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Lorenzo--

Good test, and as you said, the results are unfortunately not surprising.

 

Erwin Puts made the same discovery and wrote it up at Testreports.

 

It begins to look as if we now have one more decision to make before making each exposure: use the IR cut filter or not.

 

--HC

 

Erwin Puts mentioned years ago that his Noctilux always had a UV filter on it and he only took it off for difficult back lighting.

[newyorkone]

Make note, new rule...

 

187A-II subsection 325.Z: When taking pictures of women wearing black clothing - do not use an IR filter. It is perfectly "normal" that a woman might be wearing magenta clothing. In this scenario it is better to not be noticed.

 

Those filters are perfect to draw subjects' attention to the photog at least.

What? I said it already?

Oops sorry...

 

 

[terrycioni]

 

Like most, I'd rather not have to deal with the filters but I like the M8 so much that I do what I must to work with it.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

 

Greetings.

 

Agreed! I went through the - I am going to put an IR filter on every lens (I have about 21 with several duplicate focal lengths from different OEMs). I started to add up the cost to do that and gave my head a shake. I bought a 12$ filter pouch and put one filter of every size I need for my lenses, ie; 39, 46, 55, 62, etc. in the pouch and now into my camera bag. When the situation calls for it I put the IR filter on. No doubt mistakes will happen and the fall back is Jamie's profile. By the way finding a filter pouch was not easy

 

Cheers. Terry.

[Guest guy_mancuso]

It can also be said , guy with camera with children around at playground. Hmmm

 

If i was the parent there i would be starring too. A M8 it is small but not freaking invisable

[sean_reid]

Those filters are perfect to draw subjects' attention to the photog at least.

What? I said it already?

Oops sorry...

 

 

 

Hi LCT,

 

I know you're joking but you do realize that it's not the filter that has caught their attention, right? <G> By the time someone is studying a lens closely enough to notice the color of a filter reflection, the photographer has been emphatically noticed.

 

BTW, I worked all last month photographing people in public places (some with filter on, some off) and that change didn't have the slightest effect on how noticeable I was or wasn't. That's consistent with my experiences with these filters over the past 6 months.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

[sean_reid]

It can also be said , guy with camera with children around at playground. Hmmm

 

If i was the parent there i would be starring too. A M8 it is small but not freaking invisable

 

*That* hit the nail on the head! The filter color is hardly what's likely to be on their minds.

 

Cheers,

 

Sean

[lct]

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...I worked all last month photographing people in public places (some with filter on, some off) and that change didn't have the slightest effect on how noticeable I was or wasn't...

Not really my case i must say.

I wanted to know the truth about those reddish things so i ordered a couple of 39mm and 46mm Leica UV-IR filters for my Epson's.

With 39mm lenses i haven't got any problem to be honest, perhaps because the shades i use manage to hide the weird reflections on those filters.

But it was not the case with the 28/2 and even worst the 50/1.4's and their ridiculously small built-in shade. I did not feel confortable with those red noses to the point where i ended up to use the small 28/2.8 and 50/2.8 only.

I will persist, though, to try to persuade myself that this filter story is bearable.

But it is not easy obviously.

[wparsonsgisnet]

It is really a trick shot that LCT has posted. If you look closely at the subjects in the picture, they are actually looking just to his right. We are supposed to guess which well-known celebrity was carrying an M8 around his/her neck and standing at LCT's side.

[lct]

Are you sure you don't squint Bill?