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Subject: [Leica] IMG: IR on M8
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun Feb 4 19:46:24 2007
References: <09C095D7-C366-4C5B-A3D7-10A71F469AAD@mac.com> <003101c747eb$e96d75a0$6900a8c0@Delllaptop> <p06230924c1ec4ef97530@[10.1.16.144]>

Ditto. HIE is pretty hit or miss. The M8 hits a homerun with IR. (to  
others it is a curse).

Len


On Feb 4, 2007, at 10:07 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> At 11:34 PM +0000 2/3/07, Mark Pope wrote:
>> Wow! that works really well.  I can't understand why Leica aren't  
>> making a big thing of this in their marketing (maybe they are but  
>> I've missed it).
>>
>> I like doing IR - haven't done much, but would like to do more.  
>> Question is how many rolls of IR equate to an M8?
>
> About 250 rolls if you don't print any. HIE usually gets me about 4  
> to 6 useable shots per roll, as I tend to bracket, and total screw- 
> ups are certainly not out of the question.
>
> Actually, if you compare the results, and factor in that you can  
> see the basic results right away, the number of rolls drops again.  
> I've sometimes come home after shooting a roll, developed it and  
> went out right away again to do it right. When time is factored in,  
> about 25 to 50 rolls seems more like it. Also, the results from the  
> M8 are better than those from HIE.
>
> It's certainly one of the main attractions of the M8 for me.
>
>> Which reminds me: have my lotto numbers come up?
>>
>> Mark Pope
>> Swindon, Wilts, UK
>>
>> Homepage: http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>>
>> Picture a week: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.pope4/Galleries/ 
>> PAW/index.htm
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Rose"  
>> <robert.rose@mac.com>
>> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 8:46 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: IR on M8
>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rjrose/IR/L1000372-s.jpg.html
>>>
>>> This is the first attempt at using the M8 for IR pictures.  The  
>>> camera is a natural.  There are 2 great advantages to using the  
>>> M8 for iR:  you can focus with an 87 filter on the lens  
>>> (impossible with  a DSLR), and reasonable shutter speeds because  
>>> there is no IR cutoff  filter over the sensor.
>>>
>>> This image was at 9 am, handheld, 1/60s, A mode.  I set the color  
>>> to  B&W so that I get an idea of the final image while shooting.
>>>
>>> Bob Rose
>>>
>>>
>>>
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