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Subject: [Leica] Rolleiflex Infrared comparison shots
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Fri Oct 5 20:36:05 2007
References: <46FF735E.8080308@hemenway.com> <E2E73CA5-EBDC-4B2A-A345-A012DF6158D0@mac.com>

Hi George:

Thank you.

The "artists' among them like the IR effect, others want to know why the 
skies are BLACK!

Jim


Lottermoser George wrote:

> Truly enjoying your IR work Jim. At the moment, and since having  
> instant access to IR capability with the M8, I'm finding that these  IR 
> images look more 'normal' to me than straight panchromatic  renderings.
> 
> Not sure what's going on with my b&w sensibility in this regard.  Aging 
> eyes?
> 
> My loving partner does not "get it."
> 
> Do you have many non photographers looking at this work?
> What's there reaction?
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 30, 2007, at 4:58 AM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
>> Last Tuesday was a beautiful day here in New England but the  forecast 
>> for Wednesday and Thursday was over 90F.
>>
>> So I took the cooler opportunity to go shooting on Tuesday and  
>> brought my Pentax isDS fitted with the 14mm lens and an R72  infrared 
>> filter, along with the Rollei 2.8F TLR loaded with Konica  750 nm 
>> infrared film and a No 29 red filter.
>>
>> Here's some of the results:
>>
>> Rollei:
>> <http://www.hemenway.com/AlongRoute119-Infrared-2.8F/pages/Capt% 
>> 20Will%20Smith%20House.htm>
>>   or: http://tinyurl.com/yntvzr
>>
>> Pentax:
>> <http://www.hemenway.com/AlongRoute119-Infrared-isDS/>
>>   or: http://tinyurl.com/3xp23x
>>
>> And for a comparison, here's the shoots taken with my Mamiyaflex  TLR 
>> along the same route in early August:
>>
>> <http://www.hemenway.com/AlongRoute119-Infrared-C220F/>
> 
> 
> 
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