Re: Yet another inaccurate article...

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Theo Benson wrote:
> 
> In the October issue of "Studio Photography & Design," is an article
> authored by Andre Constantini, who is the National Tech. Rep. for
> Tamron/Bonica.  The article, "Approaching the Infrared Throne," talks of
> hiding in an automobile trunk to load IR film.  Well, OK, I suppose...  But
> Constantini goes on to say that the film records heat, and that skin and
> folliage "appear to glow because they are alive and radiate heat."
> 
> I thought you all would be interested to see that even pros make boo-boos.

I gave a talk a couple of weks ago on infrared photography.  After carefully
explaining that HIE is not sensitive to record the heat from a person's body
(including the comment that if it could one would fog the film when loading it),
I received three questions that boiled down to "but how does HIE record body
heat?".  this appears ingrained.

Shutterbug made the same error a couple of years ago, not only missing the
statements in the article, but including them in large type.  Bottom line is
that HIE will record a person's body heat, but only if they are on fire.

george

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