I keep forgetting to mention this but in general photography, infrared (IR) is really near-infrared (NIR). It’s the part of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) that’s immediately after red. When you talk to most people who don’t do infrared photography, they usually think of night vision goggles (thermal or far infrared). Also, …
Kodak used to make color infrared film for military and natural resources applications. The film found some limited use in fashion, portrait, and nature photography. Unfortunately for Kodak, digital photography stole the market for this film–photographers can easily use their digital cameras to create the same effect, and the military …
I wrote a review of the Minolta SR-2 about a year ago and thought that I had it published. Well, apparently I haven’t so I just now put it up online. If you are interested to learn more about Minolta’s first 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) camera have a look: http://www.mapgeek.org/sr-2-the-first-minolta-slr/.
