[Leica] Tips for M8 IR photography?

[Frank Filippone]

When I had my M8, I set the camera for ISO 640 and used the lenses wide 
open.  The camera set exposure pretty well.

Exposures were hand holdable shutter speeds.  This same setup did not 
work with the M9, M240 that I have had subsequently.

Try it out.....

On 8/15/2020 10:56 PM, Peter Klein via LUG wrote:
>
> Desperate times call for desperate measures.  I've still got my old 
> M8.  Its excess IR sensitivity ought to make it a good IR camera, so 
> why not try that? Accordingly, today I ordered an R72 IR filter and a 
> couple of step-up rings.  I might as well try something new.
>
> Those of you who have used the M8 for IR photography, any tips? 
> Ballpark sunlight exposures, what depth-of-field mark to use for 
> focusing if the lens has no IR mark? Is the M8's internal meter any 
> use with IR?  Etc.?  All tips greatly appreciated.
>
> Proof of concept: My quick test of an IR TV remote control last May.  
> Yup, the M8 sees things we don't. In magenta, veritas.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/L1010318.jpg.html>
>
> --Peter
>
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