Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle and Mxsmanic wrote: >> And how would you take pictures in infrared? Just flip a switch. On my Sony TRV8 camcorder I turn on the "Night Shot" feature which moves the IR blocking filter (a blue filter I think) out of the way, screw on an Wratten 87C and presto! Infrared movies. Here is "An erotic film shot in infrared video--WINNER BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM 1995 New York Underground Film Festival": http://www.teleport.com/~pander/operation2.html Just for you Kyle! I have seen some great IR shots with the Nikon CP 950 (Nikon apparently changed the filter in the 990 to one that blocks more IR, so it doesn't work as well). I also noticed that the new Kodak 770 (what a beast!) has a removable IR blocking filter, which would make IR photography much easier... Jon--who is about to process 5 rolls of Kodak IR film as slides with a T-Max slide kit. >> And how would you take pictures in infrared? Or with a different >> spectral sensitivity (orthochromatic as opposed to panchromatic, for >> example). With film you just change film. With digital ... what do you >> do? > > my latest freestyle catalog advertises an olympus digital camera > with an IR mode -- flip the switch, add red filter, you're shooting > infra-red. i have a feeling that shooting different spectral sensitivities > is going to be significantly easier digital than film in the months to > come. already you can change film "speeds" on each individual frame, you > can mid-roll "rewind" on a digital. i think the only advantage that film > is going to have over digital in the next two years is that you can hold > film up to the light and see what's on it. that, btw, is a big advantage. > > my pathetic .02, > > kyle