Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, It's probably easier to say the M8 is 10 f stops more sensitive to IR then a Nikon D2X. This number is a guess based on my usage of both cameras. It may be 8, 9 or 11 stops but it's a lot. I can easily shot M8 IR photos with 89B filters on the lens handheld at fairly high shutter speeds. I can't come close to hand holding with a D2X. Len On Apr 22, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > On 4/22/07 5:08 PM, "MARK DAVISON" <davison_m@msn.com> typed: > >> IR sensitivity in unmodified digital cameras is actually quite >> common, as >> photographers who want to digital infrared photography have >> discovered. >> >> See http://www.jr-worldwi.de/photo/index.html?intro.html for a >> large but >> incomplete list. >> >> See http://www.naturfotograf.com/D70_rev05IR.html for a discussion >> of IR >> sensitivity in the Nikon D70, and http://www.naturfotograf.com/ >> index2.html >> for a general discussion of digital infrared photography with Nikons. >> >> I have measured significant IR sensitivity on a Nikon D2h, and an >> Epson >> R-D1, but the M8 has the highest IR sensitivity of any camera I own. >> >> Mark Davison >> >> > > By a whole lot? > 33.3 percent? > > Inquiring minds want to know1 > > I'm going to guess 16%. Based on pure psychic awareness and > subscribership > to the LUG. > Having embraced the dark side a long time ago. > > > Mark Rabiner > 8A/109s > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information