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    Expert advice on UV photography needed!

    ad 1) no, at 280nm, you won't be able to record anything, as I don't know of ANY camera that would allow to go beyond 300nm ad 2) no, only if the print has been dusted with some agent that is fluorescent and emits visible light when UV light shines on it. ad 3) you need a special converted...
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    Orange Coneflower

    now here studio high resolution macro shots of the same flower type.... (higher resolution images may be seen HERE) Visible light image: UV image using Baader-U filter (UV): Simulated bee vision image using experimental XBV filter (UV, blue, green): Triptych of the above images: This...
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    Orange Coneflower

    Reflected UV shot using Baader-U filter, simulated bee vision shot using my XBV6 filter. Lens used was my CERCO 94mm quartz fluorite lens. Light source was sunlight. All shots were done at about f5.6 at location Hermannshof Weinheim, Germany (higher resolution images may be seen HERE)...
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    A new UV transmitting filter: LUV U-2

    Well, I'm still using for my work my very first Baader-U I ever bought, it has some dust and specs on it, still my "workhorse". But yes, I don't throw it around and toss it into my camera bag - I care for all my stuff :LOL: Regarding UV lenses, me and some other people have found some quite...
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    A new UV transmitting filter: LUV U-2

    There are quite a few lenses that work well for UV, not that hard to find! Guess you haven't read my BLOG... ;-) See here... Photography of the Invisible World: [UV] Lenses tested good for UV
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    A new UV transmitting filter: LUV U-2

    Quick test of a new, quite capable UV transmitting filter that has recently been introduced to the market, currently sold only via ebay by seller/company "uviroptics" and named "LUV U-2 52mm Camera Filter, 359WB53, 315-395nm". First I'm using a very deep into UV reflecting Zinnia flower for...
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    UV Lenses - Kyoei 80mm and Kuribayashi 35mm

    Congrats Steve, another nice find!
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    The CONTAREX book - by Pierpaolo Ghisetti + Marco Cavina

    Here is the ISBN code if someone is interested in that book...
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    The CONTAREX book - by Pierpaolo Ghisetti + Marco Cavina

    Thanks Jack for moving it to the right destination. The book is in Italian and English language, so there will be no issues!
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    The CONTAREX book - by Pierpaolo Ghisetti + Marco Cavina

    I got informed by my friend Marco Cavina that he and Pierpaolo Ghisetti will present their new CONTAREX book on Milano, June 27 at Galleria OPENMIND, Via Rovello, 5, 20121 Milano at 19:30 hours. The book is about the Contarex system, manufactured by Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart from 1959 to 1972...
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    New Shots, Diva Infrared Photoshots

    These are excellent - congratulations!
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    UV photography?

    Read my tutorial if you like HERE on my BLOG
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    Blue Bananas

    I read on the net, that scientists in Innsbruck, Austria and Columbia University, New York have found, that bananas emit blue fluorescence light when radiated with UV light of 365nm, but depending on the degree of ripeness of the banana. This is caused by breaking down of the green chlorophyll...
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    Gailardia "Summerwind"

    A unusual species, all yellow...but only to the human eye VIS: Tetrachromatic vision [UV+VIS] UV induced fluorescence: Reflected UV:
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    [IR-830, 600] North Andover, Massachusetts USA

    That's a nice series, I like it! ( Getting tired of nikongear Bob? ;) )
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