[Leica] M8, the phantom magenta menace

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Creative use of the M8!

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 22 May 2020, at 06:08, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> See what depths of photographic depravity this pandemic has reduced me 
> to...
> 
> My TV remote control was working intermittently. Another remote could 
> control the most basic TV functions, so it wasn't the TV.  I did all the 
> basic repairs, from batteries and contacts to I opening it up and cleaning 
> the internal pushbutton contacts. Each thing I did seemed to help, and 
> then the same flaky behavior returned. Yesterday the remote stopped 
> working at all, save an occasional twitch of the volume control.
> 
> As Erwin Puts used to say, details which we cannot see matter.  The Leica 
> M8 "sees" infrared very well.  So...
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/L1010318.jpg.html>
> 
> The M8 showed that the remote control was consistently putting out 
> infrared signals with each button press.  Since the TV didn't understand 
> any of those signals, the chip inside the remote was failing.  At which 
> point I declared the remote legally dead, and ordered a replacement from 
> the evil online retail empire. Thank you, M8.
> 
> Leica M8 and 50/2 DR Summicron (lens altered by DAG to fit and function on 
> digital M's). No IR cut filter. Magenta flare.  Enjoy!
> --Peter
> 
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