B&W from Tony Rose (sample here)

[dspeltz]

No, he didn't send me the auto. Rather UV-IR cut filters. Examples are posted. M8 with 21mm Elmarit-M Asph and 90mm Summicron-M ASPH.

The Christmas tree reeked of IR reflection. The filter did away with it.

[Sailor Ted]

Great- IR Cut filters and no flare with bare light bulbs in the frame. Perfect and as I would expect in most situations.

Ted

[Ben Z]

Low-wattage frosted bulbs are hardly a good flare test. Try 100W track spot lighting, or bright (not the soft decorative kind) streetlights at night. And those don't always cause flare with a good MRC filter. The problem is you never know which shots will be ruined. Interestingly though in shot #3 (thumbnails from left) the bulb about 1/3 the way up from the bottom right shows the same greenish flare as your shot of florescent lights on another thread which you meant to demonstrate the flare from an RD-1. So there is some internal flare going on here, though no way to say where it's coming from.


These shots do illustrate one great point: that it is not only "some black synthetic fabrics" the M8 can't do without an IR filter.

[jaapv]

The problem is you never know which shots will be ruined.

Nice thing, however, on a digital camera one can review the shot and do it again - if the subject has not moved away. But then, street-lights rarely do ;)

[Ben Z]

Nice thing, however, on a digital camera one can review the shot and do it again - if the subject has not moved away. But then, street-lights rarely do ;)

True, but generally speaking in my photography my subject is not the streetlights but someone under them, and those do have a tendency to move ;)

[ywenz]

Nice thing, however, on a digital camera one can review the shot and do it again - if the subject has not moved away. But then, street-lights rarely do ;)

Who wants to chimp for accurate blacks? Seems like you welcome that ability

[rogue_designer]

Curious - Does the IR cut filter increase the required exposures at all?

[dspeltz]

No increase that I saw.

[back alley]

being picky here...

b&w = black and white

b+w = filter manufacturer

[sirius]

I saw one of those filters somewhere (how's that for vague). It looked, basically, clear with a slight pink hue. Is this what your's looks like?

[dspeltz]

Not pinkish... clear however when I reflect tungsten light off the surface it is very magenta.