Re: Auto focus lenses for IR?

[Jim Houha <houha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Konica Hexar is the only camera I've seen that can AutoFocus for IR.
The Rhodium and Classic models have two special settings for infrared
auto-focusings, labeled "750 nm" and "850 nm"

For info on the Hexar:

http://photo.net/philg/photo/hexar.html

http://shuya.ml.org:888/~zhu/photo/compact/Konica_Hexar_m.html





>I've been shooting all my HIE through manual focus Olympus clones
>(Tokina, Sakkar).  I've been noticing the increasing difficulty
>finding manual focus lenses these days.  I asked the sales droid
>if any of the autofocus lenses could compensate for IR focusing,
>and he said, "yeah, some of them."  But I don't think he knew
>what he was talking about.
>
>Does anyone know if this is true?  Can any of the new AF lenses
>from any of the major camera manufacturers compensate for IR
>focusing?
>
>
>
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>Andy Frazer
>email: andyfrazer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Infrared Tour of Santa Clara County and Massachusetts:
>http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/2602
>
>Where to buy infrared film:
>http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/2602/store_top.html
>
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