Anyone bought a Fuji S3 UVIR yet?

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RichA - 30 Sep 2006 08:09 GMT

It's a fair bit cheaper than Canon's 20Da which was a "kind of" IR
camera with a partial filter. The Fuji's spectrum coverage is 350nm to
over 1000nm. It should produce some interesting
pictures.

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Alan Browne - 30 Sep 2006 19:08 GMT

> It's a fair bit cheaper than Canon's 20Da which was a "kind of" IR
> camera with a partial filter. The Fuji's spectrum coverage is 350nm to
> over 1000nm. It should produce some interesting
> pictures.

The 20a and the UVIR are intended for very different applications as was
discussed when the camera came out.

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RichA - 30 Sep 2006 21:55 GMT

> > It's a fair bit cheaper than Canon's 20Da which was a "kind of" IR
> > camera with a partial filter. The Fuji's spectrum coverage is 350nm to
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> The 20a and the UVIR are intended for very different applications as was
> discussed when the camera came out.

If you look at the Sigma camera, you'll see it's UV/IR filter is the
camera's dust seal.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06092605sigmasd14.asp
There is no reason the S3 UVIR can't be used for conventional
photography with the same
kind of filter attached to the front of a lens. Meanwhile, if you want
to do IR and UV photography, it would seem to be the best choice,
outside of using a black and white CCD.

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