Category: Technical Photography (TP)

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modified camera UV VIS IR for scientific art examination

Do you really need a modified UV-VIS-IR camera?

Maybe with a long enough exposure, I can get some IR and UV photos without modifying my camera? We made the test. We shot our pigments checker with a Nikon D800 without any modification, such as one camera that you can buy in any shop. Then we shot with our Nikon D800 modified for UV-VIS

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Technical Photography of Aztec manuscripts in Paris

We just performed (March 20 and 21) Technical Photography documentation of other Aztec manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.  These documents have European writing in the Aztec language, Nahuatl, on them that is no longer legible. They also have corrections to non-alphabetic indigenous writing with the potential to become legible through  Technical Photography. Dr Jerry

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