[Leica] Infrared and the Fuji XE 1

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

It does look very promising.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Aug 5, 2013, at 2:56 AM, H&E Cummer wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Henning's posting of a few days ago with the comparisons of the various M 
> digital cameras included a few infra red shots with the old M8.
> The capacity of that camera to record infra red was one of the things that 
> endeared it to me. I had a great time making infra red photos in
> Hong Kong's Happy Valley cemetery. 
> 
> Those pictures are here, if you want to have another look:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK+Cemetery/>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/2vuw4p
> 
> I got to thinking - what about the Fujis - what would be their infra red 
> capability given the special X trans sensor.
> 
> I dug out my old B&W 092 infra red filter that I had used with the M8 and 
> with an adapting ring mounted it
> on my 90 Elmarit and then mounted the lens on my XE 1 using the fuji 
> adapter.
> 
> Here is an unprocessed infra red picture:
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/DSCF8292W.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/qj7brgu
> 
> One of the advantages of the EVF in manual mode is that you can enlarge 
> the view and see the compensation required for the focus shift
> caused by the IR filter. That is better than turning the focus ring back 
> half a stop to compensate for the focus difference as I used to do with 
> the M8.
> That was rather hit and miss.
> 
> I fooled around in photoshop with the red and green layers to come up with 
> the following B&W picture;
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/Green2BWw.jpg.html>
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/k3zmk6f
> 
> It isn't exactly infra red but it is getting there. I would be grateful, 
> off list if you prefer, to hear from photoshop experts about how to 
> extract the best
> B&W image from the red one using CS6. I can't find my serial number to use 
> my old Silky Pix and I never liked it much anyway.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Howard (bored with hummers and eagles and lacking Miss O as a subject this 
> hot pm)
> 
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