Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/11

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Subject: [Leica] Sunrise light with digital and film
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Wed Jul 11 12:10:11 2007
References: <4694F0A4.9000108@mcclary.net>

On 7/11/07, Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net> wrote:
>
>
> The day I shot the sun rose like a giant red ball, the light was very
> red, looked like sunset light in late August when the humidity is high.
> The photos from the 5D there is no red.  The film shots show that strong
> red light.  I think from now on I am shooting stuff like this on film
> and leaving the digital at home.
>
> You can see the shots here:
>
>
> http://gallery.brentwoodcameraclub.org/thumbnails.php?album=34



It occurs to me that the 5D may manage Infrared aggressively,   I've read
that this is a problem in astro-photography.

You can find several web articles on removing the the IR cut filter in
Canons.

http://www.astrosurf.com/~buil/baader/eval_us.htm

http://ghonis2.ho8.com/rebelmod8.html



-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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