Does anyone on this thread shoot IR with the M8 or M9?
I am trying to figure out if the B+W 093 (87c) infrared filter is what I need?
Here is a link to examples of the look I want to achieve: http://gallery.lfi-online.de/gallery/index.php?category=11&page=1
Thanks
telluridestock wrote:
Does anyone on this thread shoot IR with the M8 or M9?
I am trying to figure out if the B+W 093 (87c) infrared filter is what I need?
Here is a link to examples of the look I want to achieve: http://gallery.lfi-online.de/gallery/index.php?category=11&page=1
Thanks
Either you can IR modify your M8, or you can buy a Hoya R72 filter.
Up to you.
Best,
Adam
P.S. These filters eat like 10 stops of light, or something crazy like that. I haven't used mine in ages, but I seem to remember that about it. Oh, and you're only gonna get black and whites with the filter.. But really nice black and whites.
Joe, Thanks for the illustration of your PP. That lens (35cron) is overrated lens in
Asia, I believe. The reason I got it is not its reputation but because of price is not 'that Leica' high at about $1200. And the one I have with bug eye. I like that so that I can put it on my M3. I did a briefly test on that lens at infinity, at f2, it about the same sharp as biogon Zeiss at center, however, the sharpness cycle is actually bigger than biogon. from f2.8-f5.6, zeiss is sharper at border. and after f5.6, these two are close. without access to other version of 35cron, I am very surprised to see 50 years old perform this good. Both are sharper than my VC35 1.2 once stop down. But, it will get wild on flare if not careful. which is different than 50cron rigid. Rigid will not do hard edge flare as 35cron.
Charles, like the perspective of first one with 24mm.
Thank you Gary, Adam and Michael
Gary, yes Bangkok lends itself to so many different shots!
Adam, very nice examples with the 28 Elmarit! I don't think there are many side by side shots around, but having had both, the 28 Cron is definitely a class above
Michael, another excellent shot with the 35 cron! The gentle rendering would make it perfect for B&W conversions.
Andrew, really nice shots, particularly #2 and 3! I love the way the 50 Lux isolates busy scenes!
seekuh wrote:
Andrew, I like the entire series. Great work!
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Andrew, Very nice set. Were you able to visit other city in China? Do you have 50lux for both pre-ASPH and ASPH? How you compare the two? especially I am interested in WO in center.
zhangyue wrote:
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Andrew, Very nice set. Were you able to visit other city in China? Do you have 50lux for both pre-ASPH and ASPH? How you compare the two? especially I am interested in WO in center.
Ah, haven't realized that but I was wondering why I liked the first two images so much more that I do like the rendering of my 50 ASPH. What pre-ASPH version of the 50 summilux do you own, Andrew?
I did a partial trade on the 50 pre-asph for a 50mm F/1.0 Noctiliux yesterday! The Noctilux is such a unique lens, I couldn't resist...
I have to say the the Summilux 50 asph is hard to beat, it is much better on center, uniform across the frame and zero CA in the highlights AND bokeh. I was debating keeping it, but in the end, I always reached for the asph version because it is just so much better.
By the way the first two are also the asph version.
Andrew Gough wrote:
I did a partial trade on the 50 pre-asph for a 50mm F/1.0 Noctiliux yesterday! The Noctilux is such a unique lens, I couldn't resist...
I have to say the the Summilux 50 asph is hard to beat, it is much better on center, uniform across the frame and zero CA in the highlights AND bokeh. I was debating keeping it, but in the end, I always reached for the asph version because it is just so much better.
By the way the first two are also the asph version.
I had the E46 pre-asph 50 mm summilux.
Andrew
Thank you for the explanation and congratulations on your new acquisition. Can't believe the first two photos were also taken by the ASPH version, obviously it's all about imagination...
The Asph version has really smooth bokeh at close distances, but once you move into the middle range it performs as you see. The pre-asph does not have the same smoothness close in, it renders a little more traditionally. The pre-asph also yields purple bloom on highlights much more readily than the asph version. The pre-asph does have smoother point highlights in the bokeh, such as a circle rendered off a small point light (christmas lights etc...) source.
Andrew - really nice series from Shanghai. I like #3. They're probably thinking - great, another tourist taking our picture!
Joel, interesting angles and Cincinnati sure has some nice older buildings. Glad they haven't all been abandoned or torn down. I really like #3 and 4 from the first set.
Doug, great photos on the previous page. Really like both and congrats again on the arrival of your daughter.
Joe - very cool set, especially the first and last for me. Thanks for the before and after samples too. Quite impressive how the post really adds to the character of the images.
Charles - the Bangkok portraits and boat driver are excellent!
Adam - the Elmarit looks very good - excellent tones and colour. $1400 for an upgrade to the Cron seems OK if what you paid for the Elmarit was about the going rate. If you're patient there have been some posted in the past few months in the low $3000s.
Michael - just teasing you about Costco I'm impressed you can regularly get good results with the 90 at 1/30. I'll be lucky if I can get the same. As I think I've mentioned, I find with 50mm I need to shoot at 1/125 or higher to be confident of good results. And that's horizontal composition. Verticals are less consistently good at marginal shutter speeds. Really like the look of both Crons!
A couple days ago I went for a walk in the local park. I recently did a bit of digging into the history of the neighbourhood, and even found some aerial photos dating back to the 30s. The streets follow the boundaries of what previously were farmers' fields, and the park was also a farm field, with the tree line of the current ravine being the boundary then as well. While the houses only go back to the 1920s and later, it would seem the land was farmed about around a hundred years prior to that.
It's interesting (for me) to walk the edge of the woods and imagine that many of the trees have 'seen' a fair amount of human history over the years. And a few trees, for whatever reason, kind of stand out from the rest. Such as this oak tree I photographed back in March, and I think I have posted from time to time here in the past:
So when I arrived at the end of the park, I got a bit of a shock when I saw this:
Glad I wasn't sitting on the bench when that happened!
Seems these were all with the 21 Lux, except the second last, which was the 28 Cron.
