[Leica] IMGS: IR Attempts

[Nathan Wajsman]

I generally avoid IR images where there are important elements close by, and I almost always shoot at f8. This way I do not have to worry too much about exact focus. As for the EXIF, it is always screwed up with the dark filters, the most recent pictures I did show f32 as the aperture.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 01 Sep 2016, at 02:50, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Looks like you're pretty close.  I think the key to IR is autofocus, not an option here.  You might try a few shots at different focus settings to see what works with the M8/21.  I know my Fuji X 14mm is OOF when it is at his hard stop infinity setting, with a 720nm filter, but autofocus if fine.  Also in LR I like to pump up the whites and decrease the blacks some.  It is great that you can make IR images at those settings, freeing you from the tripod.  I take it that the 21 does not have an "infrared" focus mark?
> 
> 
> On 8/31/2016 6:49 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> LUG:
>> 
>> After seeing the great IR photos posted here lately, I finally dug out my
>> old M8s (the ones that fell in the river but are still working fine),
>> charged up the batteries, and found a B+W 092 filter in the drawer that fit
>> my 21/2.8 Elmarit.  I went out around the farm and photographed a few
>> things.  Lots of problems.  Nothing looks sharp.  What am I doing wrong?
>> None of the EXIF is right.  Most of these were made at ISO 160, around 5.6,
>> and usually 1/30 or more exposure.
>> 
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163998663
>> 
>> and the next 5.   Is there a trick to focusing with the dark filters?  I do
>> like the tones so I would like to learn how to do this, but it has to be in
>> focus to work for me!!  I got some great photos of the cat yawning that are
>> so out of focus I won't bother to post them!!
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> Tina
> 
> 
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