Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/28

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Subject: Re: M6 & Infra-red
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 20:06:27 -0400
 
At 03:54 PM 28-05-97 -0400, you wrote:
>In einer eMail vom 26.05.97  16:38:15, schreiben Sie:
>
><< Just a thought, as I remember, the M-6 has a white circle on the shutter
>for
> metering pourposes.  Perhaps that circle is a weak link whenever shooting
> infra-red film.
>  >>
>
>I'd like to second that. Definitely a Leica M6 is not designed to use IR film
>(It lacks focus correction marks, for example).

I've used Kodak infrared (HIE) in my M6 without any evidence of light
leakage or fogging.

Dan C.