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Jaques,

 

I do my IR pp in LR. I don't use channel mixing because I'm using a 093 'deep black' filter, which stops everything up to about 800 nm so no visible light gets through and 'faux colour' IR isn't possible. I developed a preset a few years ago that I use as a default process, which sets the highlight level so that sunlit foliage appears stark white and the black level at the appropriate shadow floor. From there I tweak the levels to suit. A couple of examples below using my M8 with a Kobalux 21/2.8 and 093 filter hand-held and wide open. I appreciate that the stark whites and high contrast aren't to everyone's taste but I like 'em.:)

 

Pete.

 

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I particularly like the image of the jetty, Pete.

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Shots from the last weekend in Hangzhou

 

By Boyer Saphir 60mm f1.4

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I visited a friend in Zurich and spent some time with my 35 Summaron f2.8, I really like this little fellow, 1968 and to me very versatile, one at ISO 1600/f2.8 in the early morning of his daughter playing the piano, another at ISO 160/f5.6 in the mountains and a final at ISO1000/f4 looking for a grittier look, none have any sharpening and close up they are remarkably sharp. :)

 

Excellent examples and I particularly like the shot of the piano player. As an owner of a 1967 version, I have to agree on it's qualities - mine is pretty much permanently glued to my MP.

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My friend's daughter ~~she is so dorable.

 

Boyer Saphir 60mm f1.4 + Leica-M Monochrom

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2 images from my 1957 Summarit 50/1.5

Lens has some haze which tends to be expressed in "glowing" colors. see the orange bag. Both shot at f 4.5 iso 160 on M9

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Here's another with the same Sumarit 50/1.5. Shot wide open here the histogram is a nice bell shaped curve that sits right in the middle but trails off at either end. I didn't adjust this one to get a feel for what others would do. This lens puzzles me at times to really figure out how to process the images to get a little better definition/color. The bokeh can bel pleasing at times, although I don't think it is in this particular photo.

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here is how I would process it ...but of course I have no idea how the 'original' was....I used to have this lens but sold it simply as I had too many 50mm...miss it though !

 

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OK, let's play! Here's my version.

 

Cheers,

Bruno

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... Sumarit 50/1.5. Shot wide open here ... The bokeh can be pleasing at times, although I don't think it is in this particular photo.

It looks like the bokeh at close focus is more apparent centrally than around the edge - is this simply the effect of a curved image at close focus when used wide opn?

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Circa 1974 135mm f/2.8 Elmarit-M II (the last batch) on a Sony NEX5

 

ISO 200 1250th probably f5.6 or f8

BW conversion in PS CS5

 

Anybody who has tried this with 135 mm at f/8 or wider knows that it is impossible to get the moon and the top of the church both in focus, unless you do focus stacking. So how was this done?

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Anybody who has tried this with 135 mm at f/8 or wider knows that it is impossible to get the moon and the top of the church both in focus, unless you do focus stacking. So how was this done?

 

That's a screen of the original opened at 100%, and the moon is definitely not sharp.

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Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmat 2" f1.5 ltm version + M9

 

This lens has a bit focus shift on M9 and it's not an easy handle lens. It has very special sphire outside of the focus area. Again....Kino plasmat offers superb details on focus area.

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