Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information