Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really like the IR picture. I occasionally dabble in IR myself with my M8. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Apr 30, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Simon Ogilvie wrote: > Well, I finally bit the bullet and took the advice from several > members here (for which I'm very grateful) and bought myself an M8. I > found a beautiful chrome one at a well-respected UK dealer which had > been owned by a collector who barely used it (1800 shutter actuations > when it came to me). I got the dealer to throw in a couple of Leica > UV/IR filters although initial results have shown that the "problem" > isn't anywhere near as bad as the hype, and in many cases I prefer the > colours without the filter on. One thing I've found difficult is > focussing with a 90mm summicron which I guess is pushing the > rangefinder to its limit, but the M8 seems to be consistently > back-focussing with it. I guess I could send it back for adjustment, > but at the moment I'm not going to let my new toy go that easily! The > problem, if there is one, is much less clear with wider lenses, so I > might just live with it for now. > > Anyway, I've put a few first shots up from a recent trip to a local > National Trust place (a UK charitable trust that looks after old > houses and bits of countryside) on the gallery here: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/snowy Two of them are in colour, and > the other two are done with an IR filter and converted to B&W. It's > the digital camera I've used to doing infra-red shots, as the shutter > speeds are still hand-holdable due to the thinness of the built-in IR > blocking filter. None of my M lenses have IR focussing marks which is > a pity, so focussing is done by guesswork! Comments and criticism > welcome, of course. > > It's been great fun so far, and I'm looking forward to continuing > learning this new style of digital photography! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >