RE: Any experience with Coolpix 950 for UV photography?

["Colin McLaughlan" <colinm@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Matt,

Well Mr. Rørslett's site is simply stunning.  I don't think I can hold a
candle to that.  His work with both UV and IR is amazing.  I am intrigued by
what the D1 can do and when they come down in price, in the next couple of
years, I will look to buy one.

If you are in the US can I recommend Filter Connection at www.2filter.com
for any filters you might need for you digital camera ?  I got my filters
for my E-10 and C2000 there and the staff are really helpful.

The Hoya R72C is equivalent to the Wratten 87.  It is also considerably more
expensive than the Wratten 89 but I will be getting one of those soon to see
how it fairs with the E-10.

Regards,

Colin McLaughlan

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On Behalf Of
Matt Jones
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 1:08 PM
To: infrared@xxxxx
Subject: Re: Any experience with Coolpix 950 for UV photography?


Colin,

I too have had results like this from teh 950 and the R72.  The R72 only
clips at 720nm, and is actually not opaque.  I think it is equivalent to
Wratten 87.  I have a Heliopan that clips at 780nm and this gives completely
monochrome pictures even in colour mode, this one is more equivalent to the
Wratten 87C.

Having had discussions off list about UV imaging, I have come to realise
that a Wratten 18A or Hoya U370 are required to clip to UV light only.  Some
images to inspire can be found at
http://hawk.foto.no/pinhole/nikon/index2_PC.html

I am currenlty looking for a smaller R72, mine is a littel too big to be
practicle for my 950 but my Heliopan is just right and gives great results.

:)

Matt


----- Original Message -----
From: Colin McLaughlan <colinm@xxxxxxxx>
To: <infrared@xxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 4:26 PM
Subject: RE: Any experience with Coolpix 950 for UV photography?


> I have used by the Olympus E10 and the Olympus C2000z for IR Photography.
> The C2000z uses the same CCD as the 950.  You get a strange green tining
on
> the foliage with these shots and it is quite unusual so I held onto the
> C2000z when I upgraded to the E-10.  So while not truely black and white
> they do have a very unique look to them.
>
> You can see some of my C2000z IR pictures here:
> http://24.234.70.244/ir_photo.htm
>
> I tried my hand at trying to recreate the look of EIR color film by
> combining both IR shots and color shots from my E-10.  You can see those
> results here:
> http://photos.lycos.com/s.asp?r=vjmadn44v3a13bod0188nc11hc_155953
>
> In both cases I was using a Hoya R72 filter.
>
> Regards,
>
> Colin McLaughlan
> colinm@xxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On Behalf Of
> James Wooten
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:57 AM
> To: infrared@xxxxx
> Subject: Re: Any experience with Coolpix 950 for UV photography?
>
>
>
> - --- Timothy Stark <sword7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello folks:
> >
> > I have my experience with infrared photography with my new Nikon Coolpix
> >950 digicam.
> > It was successful...  I read some articles about infrared on web site
> >but notice that ultraviolet photography.  I was looking for UV images
> >(samples) that Coolpix 950 takes but can't find them.
>
> I have used the Nikon 990 and 950 with the B&W 403 to try to shot UV
> photos of flowers.  These pictures were taken outside in the sun.  The
> images looked just like my IR images.  The problem is that the filter also
> allows IR light to pass and the 950 is very sensitive to the IR.  My
> cameras have the internal IR blocking filters removed so that may have
> some effect.  Another problem is that the front lense on the camera is a
> fairly good UV blocking filter.  It might not hurt to replace this filter
> before trying UV.  In a studio/lab where the IR light is blocked and UV
> provided, it might give better results.  Overall the experiment didn't
> work.
>
> James
>
>
>
>
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