Re: Wired goes infrared! ( Oi! ... Mate!)

[tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Benedict)]

Speaking of computers and photography (I'm not quite 30, but my first one
was a TRS-80 Model I with NO possibility of video nuthin') there's an
experiment I wanted to try.  I've been futzing around with a CCD imager
on one of our optics benches, and realized it's response goes well up into
(possibly past) the Kodak HIE range.

Just for grins I stuck a 150mm 4x5 lens in front of it and took a picture
of all of us lab rats.  That got me to thinking, though:  I wonder how well
it would approximate the look and feel of IR films if a visible blocker
was stuck in front of the lens.  Using this system outdoors to preview
scenes isn't really likely (it's a 10lb CCD head with a controller, a
liquid cooling system, and about 50lb of other junk), but I wonder if the
pictures would show the "shark-eye" effect.

On a totally different note, has anyone done any hand-colored IR?  If so
could anyone upload some to the gallery?  I'm thinking of trying it out
(my first real try at hand-coloring), but I'd like to see what other people
are doing, too.

Tom



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