But can the M8 do this...?

[photogdave]

These are from the very first roll of infrared film I've ever shot. Maybe not the greatest or most original examples of the medium but I was very excited to get these back from the lab!
These are from a recent holiday where I had my M4 loaded with the infrared and I was also able to borrow a Canon 1Ds and a couple of nice L lenses.
The Canon was very easy to use and the lenses focused very fast and was great for long lens work etc. etc. but I was plagued with sensor dust the whole time.:bang:
Since coming home the images were burned to DVD and I'm sure I'll eventually get around to editing them and cleaning up the dust and MAYBE even printing some!😱
I guess the experience reaffirmed by enjoyment of the whole film process - beginning to end. I'm not sure the M8 is going to do anything for me just because it's a rangefinder...
(I wonder if it will have infrared capability though...😉 )

 

[Nachkebia]

If that was the only thing what M8 could not do 🙂

 

[clarence]

Just wondering: Is there a reason why the pictures are a little blur?

Clarence

 

[photogdave]

I think it has something to do with focusing infraded light to the film versus visible light. Many SLR lenses have an IR focus indicater on the barrel but I was told you focus your rtangefinder normaly with IR film.
Is this correct?

 

[John Robertson]

I bet it doesn't play MP 3's either!! or come with white earphones!

 

[SDK]

I think it has something to do with focusing infraded light to the film versus visible light. Many SLR lenses have an IR focus indicater on the barrel but I was told you focus your rtangefinder normaly with IR film.
Is this correct?

It depends on the lens, not the camera. IR Light may or may not be focused the same at the film plane as visible light. Your eye averages focus for Green light in most daylight situations, which is right in the middle of the visible spectrum, but IR is beyond visible Red (longer than 700nm) and most lenses need to be moved further from the film plane to focus IR correctly, no matter what the focusing system (SLR, TLR, RF or View camera).

The Leica 75mm and 90mm Apo-Summicrons and 135mm Apo-Telyt might be apochromatically corrected enough that the don't require a focus shift, but most lenses are not even fully corrected for visible light. I have not tested my Apo-Summicrons for IR, so I don't know if they are corrected into the IR EM spectrum. My Zeiss ZM lenses have IR focus indicators, but none of my Leica M lenses do. I suspect the f/5.6 mark might be a good place to try, but each lens design is different. The ZM lenses run the gamut of f/4 to f/8 for the location of the IR index. When in doubt, you can also stop down to f/11 which should give you some working room in IR DOF.