Category: IR – Infrared

Infrared Technical Photography for art examination

Infrared Technical Photography for Art Examination

Just published Infrared Technical Photography for Art Examination. A. Cosentino “Infrared Technical Photography for Art Examination” e-Preservation Science, 13, 1-6, 2016. This paper discusses technical photographic methods based on the extended infrared sensitivity of a digital camera modified with the removal of the in-built hot mirror filter on the CCD or CMOS sensor, which in

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Best lens for Technical Photography: Coastal Optical 60 mm TESTED

We tested Coastal Optical 60 mm lens on our Nikon D800 for technical photography (visible, ultraviolet fluorescence, ultraviolet reflected, infrared) and infrared reflectography.  This is an apochromatic lens in the range 310-110 nm.  Indeed, the lens didn’t need any refocusing while shooting technical photos in the UV, VIS and IR region. It really resulted sharply

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Nikon Nikkor Micro 105mm f2.8 D

Infrared Photography with Nikon Micro 105mm

Just tested the great Nikon Nikkor Micro 105mm f2.8 D for infrared photography. The data are available at the Infrared Photography Lenses Database Depending on the application and the task the infrared photo should be taken, low or high aperture numbers could be necessary. For the specific needs of infrared photography for art documentation it

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infrared photgraphy

Infrared Pho­tog­ra­phy Lenses Database

Just published the CHSOS Infrared Pho­tog­ra­phy Lenses Database. Anybody is welcomed to ship their lenses to be tested for infrared photography and be added to the database. Also everybody with a Nikon DSLR camera modified for Infrared is welcomed to contribute to this database by doing a similar test and providing the photos to be

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