On Thu., May 27, 2021, 2:09 p.m. Ralf R Radermacher, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 27.05.21 um 18:22 schrieb Bill: > > > The interesting thing about computers that take pictures is that the > people > > who write the software can program in the characteristic curve of, in > this > > case, infrared film... > > You can't make something out of nothing. Normal DSLRs have a strong > anti-IR-filter in front of the sensor. > > If the infrared light doesn't reach the sensor you can't make it > magically reappear using a 'curve'. It will never look like the real thing: > > https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/la-bistade-fotoralfbe/32223101 > > It's like trying to fake stereo out of a mono recording. > Infrared film is effectively making something out of nothing in that it is translating something we can't see into something we can see. It's not a big leap to think that software can be written to emulate it. Oh wait, it already can. It's also not a big leap to think it can't be done better than how it was before. bill > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
