Re: Books about IR-photography

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
> 
> On 22 Aug 96 at 2:03, George L Smyth wrote:
> 
> > The best book written about infrared is Photography By Infrared by
> > Walter Clark.  This al-inclusive book is exhaustive on the subject, but
> > is unfortunately out of print.  You may be able to obtain it via
> > interlibrary loan.
> 
> George, did you catch my note about that interview in Guenter
> Spitzings book, with one of the leading IR experts within Kodak
> Research Laboratories in Rochester? His name was Walter Clark....

Interesting, I wonder if he'd mind sending me a copy of his book. <g> 
I've been in contact with Walter Horylev, another of Kodak's IR people,
as he had a chance to critique my article in Maximum Monochrome.  He
occasionally offers courses on IR for those lucky folks in the Rochester
area.

> PS George: can you give a full specification of this book? Does it
> have an ISBN number?

Sorry, but I don't know.  The most recent update of the book I'm aware
of was about 1976, so if they were identifying books thusly at that
time, then there should be one for the book.  I will try to get a copy
of the book and post the ISBN when it arrives.  Unfortunately, it
normally takes a couple of months to get via interlibrary loan (and I
have made photostats of many of the pages), but the wait is well worth
it.

I would also recommend that folks get a chance to look at Laurie White's
"Infrared Photography Handbook."  In addition to the typical information
that can be found in Kodak's free "Kodak Infrared Films," there are
comparisons of images shot at differing EIs (for those who refure to do
their own tests) as well as a plethora of other information.  

BTW, it hasn't been announced to the general public yet, but Ms. White
will be the center of attention of a conference on Compuserve on 24
September at 9:30pm ET.  If you have a Compuserve account, stop in.  If
you don't have an account, contact Compuserve and use some of the free
10 hours to visit the conference.

george

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