Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It?s not so much a specific preference for IR use as a default. I like 35mm in FF cameras for general use, so with the M8?s small sensor I use the 24mm Elmarit. Also, I?ve only invested in one IR filter. ?howard > On Jan26, 2019, at 2356, CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > what lens do you prefer for IR on the M8? > > ric > > >> On Jan 26, 2019, at 10:54 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: >> >> If you recall, Leica famously had to provide free IR filters to >> purchasers of M8s because the filter glass over the sensor didn?t >> eliminate the shorter part of the IR spectrum, resulting in addition of a >> red component to the image under certain conditions. Naturally, this >> ?bug? can be turned into a ?feature?, also known as making lemonade when >> life hands you lemons. An M8 makes a fine IR camera. >> >> My first digital Leica was an M8. I supplanted it with an M240, and >> repurposed the M8 as an IR camera. I use it with a deep IR filter (a B+W >> 093, IIRC ? I?m away from home just now) and skew the focus empirically. >> See here: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/gallery/ >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/gallery/> >> >> >> ?howard >> >> >>> On Jan26, 2019, at 1347, Steve Barbour via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Please help. I will convert a camera for shooting infrared. I would >>> appreciate your advice re the camera of choice, dealer that is best, >>> cost, and I recall a statement re certain cameras that do this best, >>> even without modification. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Can you help? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I thank you very much. >>> >>> >>> >>> Steve Barbour >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information