Flamez Posted April 24, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted April 24, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) My M 8.2 arrives tomorrow. Â I currently have the following lenses, Â Leitz Summicron f2 50mm version IV Â Zeiss Biogon f2.8 25mm ZM Â Will i need any IR lenses when shooting black colours in incandescent light? Â Â If so what do forum members recomend. Â Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ho_co Posted April 24, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted April 24, 2012 Congratulations on the M8.2! Â Yes, basically the camera requires the UV/IR-Cut filter with all lenses. Â Leica's own brand is good; so are the 486s from B+W. And there are other brands as well. Â Remember, these go on the lens and stay there. They become a part of the optical system with the M8 and M8.2, so don't scrimp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted April 24, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted April 24, 2012 The ir effects most colors under all lighting, but black is most recognizable.The purple black is easily repaired in ACR. Use the local adjustment tool with auto masking turned on and desaturate. Takes 15 sec to do. Other colors you need pretty good photoshop skill. Â Buy the B+W 486 ir/uv cut filter and all the issues go away, but you get new ones, cyan/green edges. Cornerfix is a repair but not perfect. Best to code the lenses and let the camera software correct the problem as best it can which will not be perfect. Use corner fix to touch it up. Â Your 50 will not make off color corners, the 25 will. Make sure you get a 25 that brings up 35/24 frame lines and it has the groove in the mount flange to accept manual coding. Early ones will not meet these specs. Â Took me 4 months to sort out all the issues and get colors as correct and uniform as I get from my Nikons. Â I coded all my old lenses with replacement mounts from jinfinance on Ebay. Takes 4 weeks via China Post to USA. These also are not perfect, but you can send the lenses to Leica USA and $240 , but the will not touch the Zeiss. Â Good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonearabiapix Posted April 25, 2012 Share #4 Â Posted April 25, 2012 If you are a B&W fan the filters will be a detriment. You will get more information in your shadows without the filters. Â I have found the old 5o lux does need a bit of tweaking for the cyan edges, as said corner fix is great. Â Do get a uv black filter for experimenting with the ultra violet capabilities of this camera, you will be enchanted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted April 25, 2012 Share #5 Â Posted April 25, 2012 UV photography is less effective than IR., but can be done with almost any digital camera, provided one uses an old lens that transmits UV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonearabiapix Posted April 25, 2012 Share #6 Â Posted April 25, 2012 Lost in the 60"s... Â I did mean IR filter. Thanks for the correction Jaapv! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted April 25, 2012 Share #7 Â Posted April 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) My M 8.2 arrives tomorrow....Will i need any IR lenses when shooting black colours in incandescent light?... Flamez, welcome to the forum! I assume you are referring to filters rather than lenses in the above quotation. All lenses benefit from their use on M8 or M8.2 camera lenses if you not not want to risk certain synthetic black fabrics taking on a magenta hue. Also consider getting your lenses coded for recognition in camera. This is important for lenses wider than normal, but also aids identification from your EXIF data in post processing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pintpot Posted April 26, 2012 Share #8 Â Posted April 26, 2012 Do, do get an IR filter, Heloipan do a good range of them at a fair price Set the colour temp to 2000, ISO to 320, shoot in RAW - and you've got digital IR photography - handheld on a good bright day - dead easy. Welcome to the forum and enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted April 27, 2012 Share #9 Â Posted April 27, 2012 We need to distinguish between IR-Cut filters (the kind the M8 needs to avoid image contamination) and IR-Pass filters (usually just called 'IR filters'). The latter are designed to block a big part of the visible spectrum but transmit IR. That's what you use for IR photos, and we're lucky that the M8 is such a wonderful camera when shooting in that part of the spectrum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamez Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share #10 Â Posted April 27, 2012 We need to distinguish between IR-Cut filters (the kind the M8 needs to avoid image contamination) and IR-Pass filters (usually just called 'IR filters'). The latter are designed to block a big part of the visible spectrum but transmit IR. That's what you use for IR photos, and we're lucky that the M8 is such a wonderful camera when shooting in that part of the spectrum. Â Â Many thanks have ordered B&W 39mm MRC F PRO digital uv/ir block 486. Â The blurb says specifically for M8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted April 27, 2012 Share #11 Â Posted April 27, 2012 Yep - that is a good filter. Now get some Superglue to affix it to your lens permanently:D Seriously - you'll see a vast difference in color rendition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomv Posted April 27, 2012 Share #12 Â Posted April 27, 2012 Do, do get an IR filter, Heloipan do a good range of them at a fair priceSet the colour temp to 2000, ISO to 320, shoot in RAW - and you've got digital IR photography - handheld on a good bright day - dead easy. Welcome to the forum and enjoy! \ Just a quick question, did you mean colour temperature in Photoshop/LR etc? Or on the camera? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted April 27, 2012 Share #13 Â Posted April 27, 2012 Shooting raw, the color temperature on the camera is uninteresting, it is a good idea to shoot raw+B&W jpg, to get a nice readable thumbnail into your raw converter. Helps with selecting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 27, 2012 Share #14 Â Posted April 27, 2012 Inexpensive IR-cut filters here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/231311-series-7-filters-lux-35-a.html#post2027337 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted May 9, 2012 Share #15 Â Posted May 9, 2012 Yep - that is a good filter. Now get some Superglue to affix it to your lens permanently:DSeriously - you'll see a vast difference in color rendition. Â My advice. Don't superglue anything. If you can't remember to shoot with the filter on, then there is a real problem with the shooter. No offense jaapv. If the only camera you have for your M mount lenses is the M8, just leave the filter on. No need to glue it. Glue? What if you want to sell that lens to get another? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted May 10, 2012 Share #16 Â Posted May 10, 2012 It is highly adviseable to use the UV/IR Cut filter when shooting with the M8/.2, since certain black fabrics will change in colour. However if you think that it's not an issue then by all means don't use it. I have a friend who doesn't use any UVIR filters and he's still happy with the results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 10, 2012 Share #17 Â Posted May 10, 2012 Sorry but IR-cut filters are mandatory with the M8.2. People happy w/o them don't realize that their colors are false i'm afraid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 10, 2012 Share #18 Â Posted May 10, 2012 My advice. Don't superglue anything. If you can't remember to shoot with the filter on, then there is a real problem with the shooter. No offense jaapv. If the only camera you have for your M mount lenses is the M8, just leave the filter on. No need to glue it. Glue? What if you want to sell that lens to get another? Err - you should visit the nearest joke-detector repair shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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