[Leica] My modest infra-red attempts (M8, B+W 092, Noctilux)

[Philippe Amard]

Definitely going for the first series I am.
The colours are sweet and the content appeals more to me.

Nice experiments.
Thanks for sharing
Amities
Philippe


2016-09-18 19:08 GMT+02:00 Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com>:

> When the giants of the LUG talk, I listen!
>
> A couple of weeks back there was a buzz of interest about IR photography
> and the M8.  Well, gee, I still have one of those in my closet, and the
> last time I dabbled with IR it was SFX200 in my Rolleiflex 15 years ago, so
> I went out and ordered a B+W 092 filter to give it a whirl.
>
> I'll bet you any reasonable person would say, "well you've got a 35 asph
> lux, why not set it at f8 and bring back some keepers?"  Of course,
> thinking exactly that, I went back to my safe place and chose the Noctilux
> at f1.0 for my inquiry.  And the voices continued: "The Noctilux is
> optically inferior especially at f1.0, it's too long -- more so on an M8,
> and you'll never be able to focus it.  Oh yes, and don't even think of
> trying it on human beings."
>
> My improvident impulses prevailed, the results of which I've put on the
> gallery:
>
> From this weekend, in upstate NY with friends:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/InfraOktoberFest2016/
>
> From last weekend, moments from freeing the B+W 092 filter from its UPS
> box, my very first attempts at exposing and focusing with the 092 filter.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/IRTest-M8-Noct-BW092/
>
> Comments:
>
> Exposure: the M8 meter worked reasonably well with the 092 filter, I
> occasionally had to dial it up +1 stop.  Exposures with the 092 at f1.0
> ended up at 1/60 sec @ 160 or 320.
> Focus: using the focus scale on the lens was a non-starter for me, too
> complicated and the numbers too darn small.  What I did end up doing was to
> locate a point approximately 3/4 or 2/3 of the distance to my subject and
> focus on that with the rangefinder.  After a little practice, this proxy
> focusing method worked surprisingly well even at f1.0.  And you always have
> the screen to check and adjust.
> Composition: Non-issue--love the optical viewfinder!
> Processing: Minimal.  I use Digikam on Linux.  The originals tend to look
> like sepia prints.  I try to reset a white point, then adjust curves to get
> back contrast, then dial back some saturation.  Images with sky look
> dramatic, with Star Trek orange skies, terrestrial objects more subdued.  I
> didn't do any sharpening or channel switching or anything sophisticated on
> these sets.
>
> Thanks LUG for the inspiration and fun!
>
>
>
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