Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is an excellent reason to use a RF camera..... the dark red filter makes SLR viewing way too difficult to focus.... Having stated the use of the filter, and knowing its effect, I wonder about the use of the filter, and how it changes the image that is captured... it accentuates ( darkens) the blues, highlights ( makes lighter) the reds on any film. Combined with panchromatic B+W film ( as opposed to IR) the effect would be to accentuate the clouds and anything blue...... what about green? dreamy images? I am not sure.....I thought that came from the IR film..... Without continuing to be clinical, the image creation combo of the Noctilux and #29 dark red filter is simply spectacular. Have you tried the #29 with any other lenses? results were similar or different? I want to try this myself .... the fact that the filter allows for more wide open shooting, may be why you used the filter, and indeed it does allow the Nocti to be used wirde open, but the spectrum recorded is a bonus. I always thought that having great clouds was a real boost in photography.... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net