Re: B&W Camera picks up IR??

[Bertha Adamson <badamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Luvdove6@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> No it was a film camera...  the film is held in a round thin can...  not in a
> video cassette...
> I was thinking about how digital cameras are sensitive to IR but THIS one was
> all black and white.. and it REALLY looked like each frame was an IR picture
> ;-)   I loved it!
> 

If it was a film camera, I guess the question is what kind of film was in it? 
I saw an old episode of an old TV show where they claim some of the evidence
was movie film taken by infrared.  To me it looked just like a negative
filmstrip (the shadows were light and the highlights dark). Fiddling with the
truth is okay when it makes for a good plotline. I have also seen commercials,
particularly car commercials, that have an infrared "look."  I always assumed
normal film was digitally converted to have that look.

This episode, the commercials and your question got me to try the Kodak
website for infrared motion picture info.  I couldn't find any (but the Kodak
website can be hard to search because there is too much info).  However since
35mm roll film was adapted from movie film, I guess it would be possible to
readapt a bulk roll of infrared for movie use.  It would be expensive and a
pain to handle and develop, I suspect, but if it's what the director wants . .
.  Or perhaps the actual footage was shot with a digital camera to add
atmosphere to the footage supposedly shot by this other camera.  Another
liberty with the truth.  But haven't you noticed on TV and in movies that
photos taken with a character's inexpensive little camera look like a shot
actually taken with a Hasselblad and several strobes? ;-)

Bertha
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