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[Andreas <a0000613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone!

My name is Andreas and I am a Student at the University of Vienna.

I am interested in UV (!) Photography, but was told that you also
cover that here (don't want to intrude on enemy turf, though).

Primarily I want to adopt an insect's point of view, which extends
into the UV-wavelength, though not very far.

My setup is a Canon 50mm with a Cokin P filter holder. Unfortunately
I do not yet have a UV-transmitting Filter (the difficulty in getting
a Kodak Wratten #18a combined with the arrogance of the local sellers
has already delayed this project for several months).

Therefore I would very much appreciate any suggestions on how to get
a suitable Filter sent to Vienna. My best bet at the moment is a
Hoya 360 (53mm diameter or square) sent from the US (no idea how long it
would take) for ~100$. Unfortunately I have no clear picture of how
the filter would look like, but since I am beyond caring now, I'd
probably
glue it to my Filter Holder or somesuch (I do not plan to use this
system for anything else).

Furthermore, I am not sure how much UV can penetrate through the 50mm,
it was suggested to me that one can remove the coating of the lenses,
which would involve opening the 50mm and removing the lenses & getting
them back. Please tell me if you think that's feasible.

Thank you for your time

Regards
Andreas


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