Rangefinder and SLR

[wilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ken Wilcox)]

Thanks for your comments Bob, or is it Robert?

The Leica M6 has TTL metering. With an opaque filter like the one I used,
SLR would be difficult! My photos on the first try were VASTLY overexposed.
Most of the frames were so dark that no detail could be seen at all. I
think I'll try shooting with a deep red next time; I cannot find any
exposure suggestion data for the opaque filter.

>On Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:09:45 +0200, you wrote:
>
>|so-far dismal results. An anticipated infrared project for me is to shoot
>|the Civil War reenactors at a nearby historical park.
>
>What a fascinating project!  The uncanny "unreality" of IR could
>create some striking results.
>
>Using HIE with a SLR is considerably easier than with a rangefinder
>model, however, because of the built-in metering.  You set the film
>speed according to the box insert, and the metering will do a fairly
>good job of adjusting for the filter factor.  This means, among other
>things, that if the sun goes behind a cloud you can switch from a
>deep-red to a light-red filter and get an image that makes use of more
>visible light.  With a deep red filter, a passing cloud both keeps the
>light too low for most practical purposes and, worse, reduces IR even
>more than the visible light, making bracketing that much  more
>desirable.

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