uv photography?

[beivied]

noticed that though this is supposed to be IR/UV photography forum, currently it seems all the users here are doing IR... none doing UV?

from last sunday's outing, i learned a few basics of what lens you need to use, the manual white balance thingie etc... how about UV?

[teerex]

Originally Posted by beivied noticed that though this is supposed to be IR/UV photography forum, currently it seems all the users here are doing IR... none doing UV? from last sunday's outing, i learned a few basics of what lens you need to use, the manual white balance thingie etc... how about UV?

Some interesting read about UV Photography

http://www.naturfotograf.com/uvstart.html

http://dpfwiw.com/filters.htm#ir

[beivied]

Originally Posted by teerex Some interesting read about UV Photography http://www.naturfotograf.com/uvstart.html http://dpfwiw.com/filters.htm#ir

i've seen the first link but i dun think there is much help here in knowing how to do it, but second link is more useful, thanks

"UV Challenges
With the waiting fascinations of the UV world come frustrations, however. UV photography is the out-of-spectrum path less trodden—in part because the challenges are much greater than those encountered in IR work, and in part because UV images often lack the gripping appeal typical of IR images. UV photography is very much an acquired taste.

A number of digital cameras—including the Oly C-20x0Z and the Nikon D1 and CoolPix 950 and 990—turn out to have enough near UV (UV-A, 320-400 nm) sensitivity to make UV imaging thinkable, but it's always a stretch due to the long exposures, image noise, atmospheric scattering and focus shifts involved."

[teerex]

Hope that Deadpixel reads this thread, he should be able to give some insights into UV photography.

[ullyss]

Beivied,

The colors for UV is amazing,
been searching around, i have a canon ccd, i wonder if it has the same problems for UV photography as with IR. I gave up IR with my canon with its inherent problems.

Tempted to get the UV filter and a hot mirror just to try it out.
The filter is rather pricey!

Do let me know your outcomes in experimentation.

[beivied]

but i wonder if it will be a lot of work .. ir is some work already, and on the website it says it is a lot more work than ir wor...

Originally Posted by ullyss Beivied, The colors for UV is amazing, been searching around, i have a canon ccd, i wonder if it has the same problems for UV photography as with IR. I gave up IR with my canon with its inherent problems. Tempted to get the UV filter and a hot mirror just to try it out. The filter is rather pricey! Do let me know your outcomes in experimentation.

[PandaOng]

but i am sure the results that you gonna produces is going to be worth it.

[Francis247]

Originally Posted by PandaOng but i am sure the results that you gonna produces is going to be worth it.

Yap, agree with Panda on this.

[beivied]

i've barely started on IR, and if UV is going to be more difficult...

just wondering la,hehe.. but yes, but IR and UV photography has its own unique and interesting perspective to what may otherwise seem dull and mundane in normal light.

hope to see pics of uv photography by our own members

[Dennis]

Normal UV photo require the U360 filter from Hoya.
Similar to the IR R72
This used to be a common filter until they stop producing.

[deadpixel]

beivied,

UV photography isn't for the faint hearted

Exposure times for simple shots are very long, even with good light and a UV friendly lens.

Most of the modern lenses with all their multi-whatever-super-nano-I-can-block-everything coatings or special material that make up the "glass" are not UV friendly as they tend to block most of the UV that you'll hope to capture. What then? I've a friend who's into this and he looks out for old and cheap manual lenses that he buys and "modifies". By modify, I mean he spends time removing the coatings from the lenses, just to ensure he gets more UV coming in.

The other option would be to try purchasing a quartz lens like the now out of production 105mm UV Nikkor, which is an absolute gem for UV photography. Beware however that this lens, even when sold at 2nd hand, is priced at between 3,000 to 5,000 US dollars.

I've also heard tell of ultra-UV-enthusiast who strip apart old copier machines and projectors just to extract the lens for modification to fit their camera.

Beyond the basics and theory of UV photography, I've only taken a couple of shots with my friend's camera, so I can't really offer much information...YET

I've purchased a hobby drill/grinder and started to dig in thrift shops for old manual lenses to modify...soon...waiting too for filters...soon...

Cheers,
Matt

[beivied]

Originally Posted by deadpixel beivied, UV photography isn't for the faint hearted Cheers, Matt

i have sensed that it will be a lot more difficult.. but your detailed description still helped in bringing some and out of me...

hope to see your results soon