Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan: I had an M6 a couple of years ago but didn't like the way the shade covered about 1/4 of the viewfinder... so I traded it to a LUG member for a big Telyt-R 4.8/350mm. So far looking through the red filter hasn't bothered me. I guess that it would if I used the very dark red filter which I've been told is THE correct one for infrared. I have some very nice Retina RF cameras so I could try one of them... or use my Rolleiflex TLR. Jim Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Jim, > > They definitely do look like real IR (which they are, of course). I > especially like # 7 and 8 (Concord field). If you think you want to get > into IR in a serious way, then get a Leica M or some other rangefinder, > so you do not have to look at the world through a very dark (or even > opaque) filter. > > Nathan > > Jim Hemenway wrote: > >> A friend gave me my first roll of Konica IR film... here are some photos >> which I shot with it last week and finally had a chance to scan today. >> >> Ancient Pentax SV with Super-Takumar f3.5/35mm >> and Fisheye-Takumar f4/17mm >> >> All shots taken at f5.6 at 1/60th as per the poop sheet. >> >> http://www.hemenway.com/InfraRed >> >> Notice to Leica aficionados: >> >> I didn't use the Leica R8 or the SL because I don't have a red or >> orange filter to use on any of my R-lenses, instead I used a 49mm red >> filter with the Pentax 35mm lens and the fisheye's internal orange,. >> >> Whaddaya think? Are they IR like? >> >> Gotta go now... no date tonight, but then again Monk, the obsessive >> compulsive detective is on the telly. >> >> Jim