[originally posted on IR-list]

On 9 Jan 2007 at 11:54, Jason Revell wrote:

> I have had great difficulty getting all the information I need from
> LifePixel to get a Canon 30D converted to IR from here in the UK.  Had the
> camera now for about 5 months and it's not really been used much yet due to
> the lack of IR conversion.
> 
> I have however just received a call from our finance people to say they have
> finally decided we can try and purchase a S3UVIR.  I have been speaking to
> Calumet in the UK who are hopeful they might be able to get one for us (I
> bet they are not as hopeful as me!)  I'll update the group here when I find
> out more.

Apart from the annoyance of having missed this S3 UVIR on the 
PhotoKina (and not having read much about it since), I can't help 
wondering why Canon continues to neglect these two particular market 
segments (after once almost leading the pack, with the DCS 3ir, in 
1994)....note that Fuji has already launced the second model, the IS-
1 (IR-only):

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/PRNewsDetail.jsp?DBID=NE
WS_862613

(400-900nm, a specification that isn't clearly mentioned for the S3 
btw (neither press-release nor PDF-datasheet....maybe they are afraid 
of specifying the UV-range, being dependant on the lens-
transmission?))

Anyway, maybe such a high-end camera would be worthy to celebrate the 
2007 Canon anniversary....:))

Willem (only with a full-size chip of course) Jan



--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand

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