Re: That Little IR Filter?

[Ryan Schweitzer <bd272@scn.org>]

John Humphrey wrote:

> 

> Well I got it apart ok, and finaly "popped" the little greenish

> tinted plastic out of the lens compartment, and I'm about to clean

> it with Windex- but my question is, before I put it back together-

> can anyone tell me why I should put the little piece of plastic

> back in? At the website the fellow mentions that some people have

> opted to leave it out with no problems arising, and in that it's

> kind of funky at this point, and a little bit chipped in the

> removing process, unless there's a good reason  I'd just as soon

> leave it out.

> 

> Thanks,

> John



Well, leaving it out won't hurt it, but if you use the camera without

the filter, the image from the camera will just wash out and flare up

the screen with white, if used to shoot in an environment where there is

a lot of IR light, and especially in areas where there is a lot of

flourescent lighting, this also affects the camera without this filter,

so just to be on the safe side, I would leave the filter in....



-Ryan