Leica UV/IR filters and Slide film

[Jubb Jubb]

I have been shooting an M8 for the past two years now and have recently acquired an M6. My lenses only have a UV/IR filter on them.

I was wondering if this filter would have any vast differences when using slide film compared to a UVa filter?

I am planning on shooting on E100VS, and really don't want to waste my last rolls of this beautiful film.

Thanks in advance

 

[Mark Schretlen]

You will have no issues on the M6 if you remove the filters when shooting with lenses 35mm or wider.

 

[Jubb Jubb]

Thanks, but i want to protect my lens with some sort of filter, I was wondering if the UV/IR filter had any sort of effect on shooting slide film?

 

[1joel1]

I believe that film is fairly blind to the UV/IR light that the filters were designed to block for the M8 sensor. I would not recomment you keep them on for film, but rather get a more neutral UV or skylight filter instead. Get something of good quality with multicoating like B+W, Heliopan, Hoya, etc...

HTH,

Joel

 

[Balto]

I've been using a Hoya pro multi coated filter on my nokton 35 1.2 & M6 with provia 100 without any issues. As said above, make sure it is a good quality multi coated filter and you should be fine.

 

[kokoshawnuff]

I've never tried a UV/IR filter with slide film, but while the results may be ok, they are not clear or color neutral filters and it will show to varying degrees depending on the lighting situation.

Ektachrome is rare, expensive, and expensive to process. For less than what two rolls of E100VS and processing cost, you can buy one of the cheaper B+W UV filters ($25) or spend a bit more and get the MRC clear filter ($38).