[Leica] First IR photos with M8

[Howard Ritter]

Still trying to be sure I got the meaning of that triple-negative right, Frank. There’s brain stimulation right there!

I like your ideas. I’ll try them, especially the suggestion to put the filter in front of a different lens.

—howard


> On Nov 17, 2015, at 6:38 AM, Frank Verizon <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> First of all. The lens is probably the place to start.  Take the same filter, same scene, but change the lens. What happens?  Different lenses have different spectral responses... Do you prefer the signature of one over another?  Some place I was reading about lenses that were tested for UV? Ir? and there was a set of lenses that were tested and found "better" for the purpose.  Note that they were not Leica, but rather lenses that would, for normal photography, be considered mundane or less. 
> 
> It might be valuable to you to review other IR shots from the WEB. while the ability to find the setup (lens, filter, sensor, time of year), there is some of that data available out there.
> 
> Scientific use of IR would never not accept unsharpness, if it were unacceptable in the resultant study. What do those people use?  
> 
> All of which is relevant if you want sharp IR  images. 
> All of which is irrelevant if you like what you are getting now.
> 
> Or is it pure brain stimulation that you seek....?
> 
> 
> Frank Filippone