Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/16

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Subject: [Leica] 28 Summicron and IR hotspot... on film
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:45:31 -0500 (CDT)

OnThu, 16 Apr 2009  Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Leica] 28 Summicron and IR hotspot... on film 

>When I used to shoot HIE on the beaches of South Cal.
>... light coming through the lens, both my M3 and M4, 
>at the time, bled 'heat' through the cloth curtain. 

>I even tried having a lens cap on until the last possible moment, but   
>that proved a bit too awkward.  
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This is what I do and have no problems with bleed-through on either my M3 or 
IIIf.
Maybe because I've been using plastic snap on hoods to cover the filters?  
Or is it
that the Wisconsin sun isn't as intense?

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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