Posts Tagged ‘Zeiss 50mm Planar f/2’

Infrared Skies Originally uploaded by etrigan63 Second in my IR attempts, this one came a little better as a B&W image. Photo was shot RAW and converted to grayscale using the channel controls in Lightroom. Something interesting to note is that light colored objects are reflecting IR light while dark objects are absorbing them.

Infrared palms Originally uploaded by etrigan63 When Leica designed the M8 they elected to install an extremely thin anti-aliasing (AA) filter over the sensor to increase the overall sharpness of the images captured by the camera. However, this had the side-effect of making the M8 sensitive to IR reflections. This manifested itself in certain dark [...]

Firmware 1.201 Test – Multiple Light sources Originally uploaded by etrigan63 I went to a local mall today and looked for a shot that included multple light sources. I managed to find a fine example that combines daylight, fluorescent light and incandescent (halogen) light. The image is unadjusted other than a conversion from DNG to [...]

Lonely Sentinels Originally uploaded by etrigan63 Camera: Leica M8 Lens: Zeiss ZM 50mm Planar f/2 Shutter speed: 32 sec Aperture: f/4 ISO: 160 WB: Auto File Format: DNG Post Processor: Adobe Lightroom 1.3.1 + Custom M8-AWB profile No other adjustments made. The lowlight capabilities of this camera (when coupled with an excellent lens) never cease [...]

A Matter of Perspective Originally uploaded by etrigan63 Black and white photography can bring stark contrast to even the most ordinary of objects. It’s proper use allows more artistic freedom than one would expect.