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Subject: [Leica] 28 Summicron and IR hotspot... on film
From: tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:20:49 -0400
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I have the rest of my life to shoot digital cameras.  I'm still young
:D  This is my last chance to shoot film, especially this film.

And I plan on printing in the darkroom.



On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:25 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:
> when i read 40 x $40
> I had a similar thought
> ;~)
>
> but hey
> you'll have the negatives
> and
> hundreds of hours
> of scanning
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Apr 15, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Tim Gray wrote:
>
>> I don't know about good sense. ?If I was smart I'd flip it all on Ebay
>> for $2k, buy a used M8, and shoot IR to my heart's content. ?But that
>> makes too much sense. :D
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:15 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> got it
>>> makes good sense
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george at imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>
>>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Tim Gray wrote:
>>>
>>>> I guess I could. ?But then I though, "If I'm going to shoot ~40 rolls
>>>> of film that is going for ~$40/roll on ebay, why not spend the extra
>>>> $40 and just buy a 39mm IR filter?" ?The real reason is because the CV
>>>> 28/3.5 with filter and hood doesn't obstruct the viewfinder, but with
>>>> a step up ring and filter, it would, and I wouldn't be able to use the
>>>> hood.
>>>>
>>>> I also have a 90 that takes 39mm filters, so with two sets of filters,
>>>> all my lenses are covered.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 6:04 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
>>>> mac.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> why not just get a step-up ring?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> George Lottermoser
>>>>> george at imagist.com
>>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Tim Gray wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hmm. ?That's interesting. ?I've seen very little about hotspots on IR
>>>>>> film, but I guess it does happen. ?Oh well. ?Time to look for a 39mm
>>>>>> IR filter - I'll just shoot with the CV 28/3.5, which had better NOT
>>>>>> have a hotspot :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not that it's that interesting to most since they no long make HIE,
>>>>>> but I'll going to run a test soon with the lenses I have to see which
>>>>>> leave a hotspot on film, at what apertures. ?I'll also try to get a
>>>>>> handle on the focus shift...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov
>>>>>> <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've also had a hot spot with a 35mm.
>>>>>>> S.d.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tim,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The 28mm Summicron is known to give hotspots when shooting IR, film
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> digital.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Len
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Tim Gray wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So I shot some HIE the other week, and to my surprise, a lot of the
>>>>>>>>> frames have an IR hotspot in the middle of the frame. I've heard
>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>> happens with digital and some lenses, but had never heard of it
>>>>>>>>> happening with film. ?I was using my 28 Summicron with an R72
>>>>>>>>> filter.
>>>>>>>>> ?Anybody else have this occur while shooting film?
>>>>>>>>>
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