Re: Art of Infrared Photography book

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 10 Apr 98 at 11:47, Jason R. Karlin wrote:

> 	Unfortuanetly I have a Canon EOS Rebel-G (I told you I was an
> amateur).  I borrowed an OM-1 and shot a roll...you can see "the good one"
> at http://members.aol.com/uciwingman if you are interested.  It's the
> first photograph on the page.  Anyhow, I need to buy a camera that'll work
> for IR but won't cost me too much.  I'd like to spend less than $150 (US)
> so I need old stuff. I heard that I can get a Nikon 50mm F1.8 for $50 and
> that it's a good lens.  Is it???  What would be the cheapest Nikon body
> that would work well?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.

Don't throw that EOS away just because Canon says that it is not 
suitable for IR....the fogging problem from the IR-LED sprocket 
counter is very minimal....read the full story on my homepage:

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm


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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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