Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/17

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Subject: [Leica] How IR filters affect M8 B&W
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue Jun 17 07:34:20 2008
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20080616220709.00bed860@mail.2alpha.com>
 
At 02:20 AM 6/17/2008, you wrote:
>All other things being equal, I prefer to use the IR filter while 
>shooting B&W with the M8.  However, I have noticed that you can 
>often gain a half stop more exposure without the filter, especially 
>in reddish tungsten light.  So if I was shooting at 1/15 or slower, 
>I might remove the IR filter, figuring that the half-stop faster 
>shutter speed I'd get might gain me more in clarity than the IR 
>smearing would take away.
>
>--Peter

That's very helpful, Peter, and a greater difference than I thought 
it would be.  Guess I need to get a couple more filter sizes :-(

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
Replies: Reply from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] How IR filters affect M8 B&W)
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