On Nov 2, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote:
> I'll confirm everything Godfrey wrote and add one more detail: > ordinary lens glass filters out virtually all UV. I have a friend who > occasionally shoots UV and he has to use a special fluorite glass lens > to do so (it's an ungodly-expensive Nikon macro specifically made for > UV photography). > > Flare from filters, especially non-multicoated filters, can be a real > issue. Particularly veiling flare which isn't always obvious. Thanks, Mark. Just wanted to double-check my understanding: Ordinary lens glass without flyers filters out UV? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
