Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/16

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Subject: [Leica] Do you remember why you joined the LUG?
From: pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:32:24 -0700

George, I'm the wrong person to ask about IR. Most of my efforts with 
the M8 have have involved keeping IR out rather than letting it in.  
:-)  Others have already mentioned the pitfall of focus shift at IR 
wavelengths, and the "hot spot" issue.

--Peter

George wrote:
 > Thanks Peter.
 >
 > I'm trying to figure out the best inexpensive lens to dedicate my M8 to
 > Infrared, preferably something that will take my existing 46 mm filter.
 >
 > Open to ideas?
 > thinking a 35 mm
 >
 > a note off the iPad, George
 >
 > On Oct 15, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
 >
 > > I believe I've been here since the year 2000. I'd been shooting with a
 > > IIIf, and was hoping to get back into the M system after many years
 > > absence. I came for information about what older lenses were still 
viable.
 > > I stayed for the photography and the great group of people I met.