RE: Petersen's Photographic article

["Tim Breen" <timbreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee said:

> Subject: Petersen's Photographic article
>
> There is an IR article in the latest (July) issue of Petersen's
> Photographic magazine.  It is quite short, only about 2 pages, and
> deals exclusively with B&W IR photography.  Unfortunately, they make
> the statement that IR film picks up the heat which is emitted from
> living things (like people and plants, and not the sky), which is why
> IR photographs look different from the way the eye sees them.

I saw it too and agree that that part of the article is in error. An
interesting, and somewhat disappointing, sidebar is that the article is
written by someone who _really does_ understand low-light photography and
his book by the same name is quite good.

Tim

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