Re: Kodak Newsletter (IR part)

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

On 13 Oct 99 at 14:03, Todd Martin wrote:

> ============================================================
> InFocus, the Email Newsletter for Kodak.com Members
> Oct. 10, 1999

> Infrared: See the World in a Whole New Light

Too bad they didn't have it proofread before sending it out....read 
and shiver:

> All of the colors that we can see with our eyes represent
> only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum.
> Infrared light is all around us, but its short wavelengths
> fall beyond the "red" end of what humans can see. 

Yikes....since when is IR 'short wavelength', especially when talking 
'beyond red'....8-))

> Film that
> is sensitive to infrared light reveals images that look
> quite odd and otherworldly.
> 
> For instance, a conventional photo of green treetops against
> a blue sky would not show much contrast. However, a black &
> white infrared picture of the same scene would show the
> vivid contrast of a winterish vision. Green leaves reflect
> infrared radiation to keep plants from drying out, and thus
> appear icy white in an infrared picture. Meanwhile, a blue
> sky turns black because (fortunately for us) the atmosphere
> filters out most of the infrared light that the sun hurls at
> the earth. But clouds glow whiter than ever.

Uhoh....does anyone else spot the hilarious goof here?....;-))
They confuse transmission with reflection....
There wouldn't be life on earth without infrared getting through....8-))
 
> ..For more examples of black & white infrared
> photography, be sure to visit our Members Gallery:
>     http://www.kodak.com/members/membersGallery
> 
> KODAK High Speed Infrared Film:
>     http://www.kodak.com/members/infrared
> 
> Additional infrared photography links:
> -- Geri Moore's "Earthdancer Images" black & white infrared
> photo site:
>     http://www.kodak.com/members/earthdancer
> -- Gavin Wrigley's color infrared photo site:
>     http://www.kodak.com/members/wrigley
> -- Infrared photography mailing list gallery:
>     http://www.kodak.com/members/infraredMailing
> -- Infrared photography FAQ:
>     http://www.kodak.com/members/infraredFAQ

Mmm....so no direct links, no real surprise here....I initially
thought it was a Kodak forum/mailinglist, not so much a one-way
newsletter.
But that FAQ is new to me....and didn't Gavin Wrigley have his own 
page on another address previously?....his name sounds familiar, 
perhaps even from this list....all this sounds relatively new/fresh to 
me....anyone an idea how old this concept/structure is?

<jump in time, taking a look at some of the above URL's>

Odd, these are still direct links....that /infraredMailing URL
points directly to Cor Breukel's site, with the Infrared Gallery
entry page.
And the FAQ idem dito, to the original IR-FAQ, hosted in Portugal....

No complaints, just a bit odd to conceil them under a Kodak 
URL....the errors on top are worse....;-))

--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


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


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