Aviphot Pan 400S PE1 (442 kB), PDF-document @Agfa.COM
A site with spectral charts from both IR films and filters:
Ed Scott's Spectral Charts @Photo.NET/Photo/EdScott
A site with info about traffic cameras:
PhotoCop.COM
Infrared in digital context, with digicam and/or PhotoShop:
IR-Color Separation, plus Addition & Replacement of RGB-channels @ATSF.CO.UK
Eric Cheng's digital IR with Agfa ePhoto1280 @eCheng.COM
Les Jorgensen's digital IR (with Phase-One medium format on Linhof TK23 viewcamera!) @LesJorgensen.COM
Andrew Davidhazy Digital Panorama IR @RIT.EDU/~AndPPH
Ronny Müller with Canon G1 @DakerPage.DE
Color-correction of digital IR-images in photoshop @BoomSlice.COM
A large collection of processing data for black & white films, including infrared:
Development Data
Intro on IR-photography in German language:
German IR-intro @Members.Xoom.COM
Germain IR-intro @dKrieger.NET
About old-style flashbulbs, including #5 and #22 IR-bulbs:
William Cress's Flashbulb Site
Infra-Rouge noir et blanc (en Français):
Yves Franquet
Sites about what lays beyond near-infrared, and can't be recorded on film: Electronic Thermographic Cameras:
Snell Infrared
Die Thermografie & Infrarot Website (German)
Sierra Pacific Innovations
Amber/Raytheon
FSI
Route66 surplus cameras
FLIRThermography.COM
ElectroPhysics.COM
A complete overview of Kodak Aerial Films, in all kind of formats & emulsions:
Kodak Aerial Films
An overview of dealers who stock infrared film (mostly USA):
Infrared Film Dealers
Michael Fulks at Apogee Photo about IR-myths:
"Infrared Photography: Debunking the Myths"
Infrared film in the motion picture industry:
Infrared in Cinematography
More about old infrared flashbulbs:
IR Flashbulbs
Now you can buy Kodak HIE & EIR in 120/220 format, cut down from 70mm perforated:
Kodak HIE & EIR in 120 and 220 format (by Rolland Elliot, now defunct, production seized)
Kodak HIE 120 (now supplied by David Romano)
How to create a film splicer to do the above yourself:
Film splicers
Sites dealing with hand coloring (especially suitable for IR, with it's predominant whites!):
Hand Color dot Com
BKA Photo (commercial; demo's & FAQ)
How to simulate IR-effects in PhotoShop:
Photo Electronic Imaging/PEI magazine @PEImag
Original article on author's site @Evening.Demon.CO.UK
Fred Miranda's IR-simulation @FredMiranda.COM
Free PhotoShop 'Action' to simulate IR/HIE @NickGallery
Night-Vision effect simulation @V-D-L.COM
Where to find the cheapest UV filters and more:
Bob Monaghan's UV pages @People.SMU.EDU
How to create slides from Kodak HIE infrared:
HIE reversal in DR5 @DR5.NET
Notes about spectral selectivity, including IR & UV, by Ed Scott, for PhotoNet:
Spectral Selectivity @Photo.NET/Photo/EdScott
German site with digital infrared samples & instructions, both b&w and color, by B.A.M. Kruesemann:
German IR tutorial @BernardKruesemann.DE
More about using infrared film with Canon EOS bodies, by Neil K.:
EOS & IR @Grocible.COM
Site about digital IR photography with Canon (Pro70, G1, D30), Nikon (CP950) and Fuji (6900Z):
DigitalFriends @iBelgique.iFrance.COM
Nice tutorial site about IR-photography:
CliffShade.COM
IR-digital with Nikon CP950:
Stephen R. Brown @SRBphoto.COM
Large site with IR info, samples, tech and pix:
Marco Pauck's IR pages @Pauck.DE
Mixing images with and without filter in color:
Chris' channel-swaps @Home.SurfCenter.DE
Another approach to channel-mixing & IR:
Don Ellis channel-mixing @KleptoGraphy.COM
Very nice commercial site with all kinds of products related to the invisible spectrum:
IR & UV products, equipment & accessories
Changing your b&w negatives into slides:
Ilford b&w neg->slide reversal @Ilford.COM
A commercial pro-lab dedicated to b&w neg->slide reversal conversions, including Kodak HIE and many others:
Reversal-processing @DR5.COM (old/defunct)
Reversal-processing @DR5.NET (current)
Several German (language) sites about infrared, mostly tutorials/technical:
"Removing the IR Blocking Filter in the Nikon® 950 and 990, or How to Ruin Your New Camera":
Nikon 950/990 & digital IR
About EIR & filters, with pictorial samples:
NaturFotograf.Com
Michel Wuertz
About filmspeed with different IR filters:
Marco Pauck's film speed charts & diagrams
Inventors, discoverers and scientists to whom we owe great respect in the history of IR (and UV), including Herschell, Wood and Clark:
Pioneers of Invisible Light
Extensive data for dozens of different IR-Film/Developer combinations:
Film/Developer data @ Hermann Klecker
Comparing several filters mounted on a digicam:
@ Ramarren (Godfrey DiGiorgi)
About the very interesting range of b&w films from Maco, including pseudo-IR and clear-base films (perfectly for reversal processing as slides!):
Hans O. Mahn, manufacturer of Maco, @Mahn.Net
Report on the Maco PO 100c, by Thomas Wollstein @SW-Magazin.DE
Maco PO 100c compared to Fuji Neopan 100 Acros, by Thomas Wollstein @SW-Magazin.DE
What part of the spectrum the human eye can & cannot see:
Human visibility limits @4Colorvision.COM
More about the human eye @4Colorvision.COM
Very nice collection of spectral plots of various IR-filters, user-variable, almost a piece of art on itself:
Spectral art, by Dennis Lohmann @EazyPix.DE
About a rare range of dedicated infrared and color-infrared digital cameras
(Kodak/Nikon & Kodak/Canon (DCS 3 IR & DCS 5 IR, see also further down this page)):
Kodak/Nikon DCS 200 CIR & DCS 420 CIR @EomOnline.COM
Kodak/Nikon DCS 200 CIR, DCS 420 CIR & DCS 460 CIR @WhittlePublishing.COM (.PDF-document)
All that's left on the Kodak site (at least it says 400-1000nm spectral sensitivity) @Kodak.COM
Article on geo/aerial/stereo/CIR photography @GeoInformatics.COM
A solution to shoot IR with IR-blocking(-filter) digicam's, like EOS D30 and D60:
Converting digicams for IR @IRDigital.NET (keeps the anti-alias filter, adds IR-pass filter!)
How to remove the IR-block filter yourself on the EOS 300D @GHonis2.ho8.COM
Another (more expensive) conversion-supplier @ScienceCenter.NET
Canon EOS 20Da, the first official EOS digicam suitable for IR-photography (apart from the Kodak DCS3ir of the old days) @Imaging-Resource.COM
Canon EOS 20Da, the first official EOS digicam suitable for IR-photography (apart from the Kodak DCS3ir of the old days) @BobAtkins.COM
Commercial IR-conversion of EOS 300D/Digital-Rebel @SCSastro.CO.UK
Do-It-Yourself instructions to convert EOS 350D to IR @AstroSurf.ORG
Conversion of both Nikon & Canon digicams, plus Sony videocam,
with a choice between commercial service and DIY-instructions(!) @LifePixel.COM
Nice info overview on (homebrew) IR-digicam's @JR-Worldwi.DE
IR-conversions @Burren.CX
IR-conversions @JimChenPhoto.COM
IR-conversions @MaxMax.COM
Info on IR-conversions @BermanGraphics.COM
Removal of IR-block filter for astrophotography @LRGB.COM
A large range of IR/UV conversions for most DSLR's @Optik-Makario.DE
Dedicated IR- and/or UV-sensitive digital camera's, more than a decade after the Kodak/Nikon/Canon DCS-series:
Fuji FinePix S3-Pro UV-IR @FujiFilmUSA.COM
One of the few sites that lists the spectral sensitivity for the S3 UV/IR (380-1000nm (much more IR than UV!)) @ImagingSpectrum.COM
Here it says 350-1000nm, quite a bit better in the UV-range! @PecaScientific.COM
And another site claiming both 350-1000nm and 380-1000nm @Diglloid.COM
A cheaper alternative for the same Fuji S3-Pro @MaxMax.COM
Fuji IS-1 (IR-only hybrid, 400-900nm) @FujiFilmUSA.COM
Sites, specifications & transmission diagrams from various filter manufacturers:
Overview of several filter brands @NewPortGlass.COM
Complete overview of Hoya filters @NewPortGlass.COM
Hoya R, IR, RM and RT series @HoyaOptics.COM
Entire range of Hoya filters @HoyaOptics.COM
Schott filters @NewPortGlass.COM
Digital pseudo-color IR effects:
Andy Finney's IR digi-color pictures @ATSF.CO.UK
Forum about infrared through bits & bytes:
Digital Infrared @DigitalPHotographers.InfoPop.CC
Digi-IR @Wrotniak.NET
Digital color-infrared @QuickSilver.DE
InfrarotKombinat.NET (German)
A scientific approach on Fluorescence:
Fluorescencing Science
Sites about UV-(fluorescence) photography:
Tutorial on UV photography by Bjørn Rørslett @NaturFotograf.COM
More on UV photography by Bjørn Rørslett @NaturFotograf.COM
UV tutorial by Hank Hogan @FLZHGN.Home.Mindspring.COM
A very impressive site about medical IR, UV-fluorescence & UV-reflectance photography, including galleries for all 3!:
Medical & Scientific Photography @ MSP.RMIT.EDU.AU, by Prof. Robin Williams and Gigi Williams
More about shooting UV, analog & digital:
UV info & links by Robert Monaghan @MedFMT.8k.COM
UV tutorial & samples @DPFWIW.COM
UV tutorial @Photo.NET
UV tutorial by Ivan Mikšík @Miksik.WZ.CZ
UV-photography, color + b&w, analog & digital by John W. Wong @Home1.GTE.NET (old site)
UV-photography, color + b&w, analog & digital by John W. Wong @Web.295.CA/JWW6 (new site)
Notes about UV-filters & the limits of glass in general @MailBag.COM/Users/Ragreiner
UV-article from Eliadis Elias @MyWebPages.ComCast.NET/HMPI (old/defunct)
UV-article from Eliadis Elias @GLSmyth.COM (current/active)
Catching polar bears with UV-photography! @GI.Alaska.EDU
Killing weed & grass with UV....:)) @Kaj.DK
UV science @SRRB.NOAA.GOV
UV & flowers @ECF.HQ.ESO.ORG/~RFosbury
About b&w films, including fabricating your *own* film:
SilverGrain.ORG
Silvergrain Mailinglist @SilverGrain.ORG
9 April 2007, nasty rumours are appearing that production of Kodak HIE might end:
1st report @SilverPrint.CO.UK
Discussion @APUG.ORG
IR, UV & luminescent ink pigments @BeyondVisible.COM
Spectral emissivity(absorption) & reflection for water, snow and ice @Icess.UCSB.EDU/Modis/Emis
Sites containing IR pictures:
The Infrared-Photography Mailinglist Gallery!
[disconnected/defunct since October 2000, URL remains as a hommage to this first IR-List-Gallery, and the hard work Cor put into it]
Resurrection of the Infrared-Photography-Mailinglist Gallery!
Kodak Gallery I
Kodak Gallery II
Infrared gallery @FotoCommunity.DE (German)
Chris Eastwood @Powerup.COM.AU (old/defunct)
Chris Eastwood @Home.People.NET.AU
Cor Breukel
Andy Finney
Rick Ferncase
Aaron Flin
John Lehet
Jen Salt
Dale Monaghen
Martin Mraz
Scott Guptill
George L. Smith (1)
George L. Smith (2)
John Grepstad
Apogee Photo Magazine
Gavin Wrigley I
Gavin Wrigley II
Joe Paduano
Daniel Cardish
Frank L. Caico
Hank Hogan
Dale Monaghen
Shade of the Cottonwood, L.L.C.
Glenn R. Johnson
Neil Koven
Bill Agee
Robert M. Howells
Terry Roscoe
James Norton
Lindsay Garrett
Corey Shadow / Mirage Photos
F.K. MacKay
Diane Syme
Diane Syme II
Dan Alexman
Colin McKie
Anthony W. Maw
Hans van der Pol / Triade Photo Gallery
Branislav Tomic
Bernd Finger
Jaap Los
Patrick Bollen
Glenn Murray
Gregory S. Smith
Jacky Lund
Gianluca Vignini
Joshua Putnam
Dietrich Krieger @Members.Xoom.COM/dKrieger
Dietrich Krieger @dKrieger.NET
Richard Marin
James & Lois Lewis
Debimages
David Riecks
Scott Williams
Angela Estes-Ogden/ Aeophoto
J. Adam Jurkowski
P.O.V. Image Service
David M. Young
Ray Hale & his students
Eric Boutilier-Brown
Andy Frazer
DC Belanger
Robert Champagne
Karen Prestemon
David Piercey
Daniele Riccardo Noris
Darlene Stambaugh
Corey Shadow #I
Corey Shadow #II
Roger Cantwell I (defunct)
Roger Cantwell II
Brett Russell
Ken Neely
David Carlyon
Joseph Miller
Alan Arthur
Jerry Eakes
Normunds Saumanis
Steven Lam
Peter Hughes / Raven Visionary Arts
Aaron Ferrucci
Colin Brown
Theo Benson
Bill D. Casselberry
Mag. Wolfgang Braumandl
Jay Swisher
Les Jorgensen (digital IR, with Phase-One medium format!)
Bertha Adamson
Hermann Klecker
Lorne Resnick"
Luvdove6/Holly
Luvdove6/Holly II
Rick Wilson
Felix Tian
Jon Laye
Francis Zera
Eric Boutilier-Brown
Oliver Pettenpaul
Symon K.W. Wong (old/defunct)
Symon K.W. Wong (new)
Doug Thompson
Mark Zimmerman
J. Tagg
Simon Marsden
Earth Dancer Images
Robert Barbarien
Ket Danzig
Jeff Holbrook/DreamScapes Imagery
Carl Schofield
Carl Schofield II
Eckard Stephan
John Wood
Mark "Zman"
Geoff Saul
Benjamin Slayter I
Benjamin Slayter II
Ben Keunen
Clive Warren
Fadi Makarem
Jeff Rogers
David Day
Gary Hall
Stan McQueen
Oetomo
Luis Castaneda
Lee Prindle
Mitchell & Giovanna / Off The Wall Photography
Marco Casalino
Marco Casalino's Peruvian Gallery
Tetsuya Uwai
Geir Jordahl (panorama!)
Ed Rymes (Gallery 4)
Oskan Uner
Geri Moore
Barry B. Bean
Derek Langley / Darkness & Light
([weather-conditions] -> 'infrared' -> [search])
Ronny Müller (digital Canon G1)
Janez Kukec - Mezek
Lance M. Williams
Carlos Dias
Nathan/Tydad
Stanee Rae Murray
B.A.M. Kruesemann
Peter Fauland
Paul Waldo (digital)
Greg StraightEdge
Jeff Krewson
Larry Sabo
Fyodor M Tcheredeyev
Colin
Norbert Felzl
David Romano
Jill Enfield
Charles Shahar
David Griffiths
Colin McLaughlin
Guy Brown
Mike Finley
Reiner Gruhle
Dirk Becker
Robert Ribnitz
Stefan Hutter
Harl Delphin
Michael Szoenyi
Peter Fauland
FirstPulseProjects (night vision & thermal images!)
Daniela Dürbeck (digital)
Raymond & Christine Worrilow @ MyShutter.Com
Marty F.
Tony Smith
Gerard Maas
Ian Mantripp I (all IR)
Ian Mantrip II (mostly IR)
Nathan Wajsman
Bob Peak
Niek Haak
SchwarzWeissGalerie.DE
Don Ellis (colorized digi-IR)
Chris' digi-IR channel-swaps
Wolfgang Mothes
Harl Delphin
Medical & Scientific Photography @ MSP.RMIT.EDU.AU, by Prof. Robin Williams and Gigi Williams (impressive range of medical IR, UV-fluorescence & UV-reflectance samples!)
Adam C. Pozek
Virtual Reality image (360 degrees) @ContentArts.COM
Klaus Elmquist
Tom Musselman
Pitan Singhasaneh
Niek Haak (digital)
InfraredDreams.COM
Stan McQueen
Mike Finley
PixelaGogo.COM
SchafPhoto.COM
Infrared nudes @Designer-Corporation.COM
William Mokrynski (including panorama!) @WMokrynski.COM
David Romano @DavidRomano.COM
Alexander Gabrysch @Imagone.DE (IR b&W, IR color & UV)
Alex Maestra @AllesandroMaestra.IT
David Mendes @Photographias.COM
John Berg @Homepage.MAC.COM/DucDevil
Norman Riley @NormanRileyPhotography.COM
Andrew Britton @WanderingArtistStudios.COM
Laura Hardie @Infrared-Photo.COM
Sherie Haunzwickl @NaturesImages.DE
Olaf Ulrich @Ulrix.DE
Patrick Quercioli@InfraredHeaven.COM
Stan Patz @PatzImaging.COM
Adam Pozek @AdamPozek.COM
Kate and Geir Jordahl @JordahlPhoto.COM
Jonathan Taylor @Sover.NET/~JTyr
Alastair Worden @WestCoastPhoto1.COM
Travis McEnery @TSMcEnery.CA
Gary Allen Brown @Pbase.COM/GaryAllenBrown
Pre Villez @PereVillez.COM
Keith Zimmerman @Kzarts.COM
D.C. Hughes @Drunknlemur.COM
James Williams (1) @Photo.NET
James Williams (2) @Flickr.COM
James Williams (3) @AmyFunderburkArtist.COM
Marc Falcone (1) @MarcFalcone.COM
Marc Falcone (2) @LaVoixDesAnges.NET
Jake Polonsky @JakePolonsky
1500 infrared stock images @FotoSearch.COM
Sites containing UV pictures:
Bjorn Rorslett
Elias Eliadis
Doug Pierson
Hank Hogan
NaturFotograf.Com
Medical & Scientific Photography @ MSP.RMIT.EDU.AU, by Prof. Robin Williams and Gigi Williams
(impressive range of medical IR, UV-fluorescence & UV-reflectance samples!)
UV-photography, analog & digital, with samples from flowers & insects/spiders @NE.JP/Asahi
Flowers by Ivan Mikšík (color + b&w!) @MikSik.WZ.CZ
Nature & architecture by Ivan Mikšík (color + b&w!) @MikSik.WZ.CZ
Sites with general photo info, FAQ's and mailinglists
For the mother of all photographic FAQ's:
Photo-FAQ pointer (John N. Wall)
Another nice FAQ collection:
Don Smyth
Subscribe directly to the EOS list:
EOS Mailinglist
Frequently Asked Questions for the above Canon EOS Mailinglist:
EOS list FAQ @Members.Rogers.COM (old/defunct)
Google cache of the above FAQ
More brief instructions, including several do's and don't in administrative/formatting context @A1.NL
For the EOS archives at ListQuest:
EOS archive
For the EOS FAQ and the charters of the Usenet rec.photo.* newsgroups:
Bob Atkins page
Explanations & tutorials about the EOS flash system:
EOS Flash specifications @Chem.Helsink.FI/~toomas
EOS Flash FAQ by Dave Herzstein @KJSL.COM/~dave
EOS Flash notes @PhotoNotes.ORG
A real life (printed) source of EOS information:
EOS-Magazine
Interesting details about one of the connotations of EOS (apart from Electro Optical System); the Godess of Dawn:
EOS Nymphomaniac
French site, often the first with articles about new Canon products:
Hot EOS news @ EosSeries.Ifrance.COM (Daniel Rocha)
A similar uptodate EOS-news site, from a French magazine:
Hot EOS news @ Photoim.COM (Chasseur d'Images)
Info on Canon FD:
Canon FD Mailinglist
The resting grounds of the FD-era:
Canon FD Museum
Same site, about lenses:
Canon FD Lens History
A huge site about Canon FD in Malaysia:
Canon FD
About the roots of Canon:
Canon History
A site dedicated to trading Canon EOS/FD equipment:
Andrew Brierley's Site
About the functionality & compatibility of Canon PowerBoosters and BatteryPacks:
Powersources for EOS 1/1n/3/1v
You thought Canon never thought about medium format cameras? Wrong!:
Canon medium format prototype @LMRL.LU (old/defunct)
Canon medium format prototype (and other design-studies from Luigi Colani) (current)
Behind the scene of the film 'The Matrix', in which dozens of EOS-5/A2's were used simultaneously:
Multiple EOS
A site with extensive info about how to use all-manual lenses on EOS cameras, by Neil K.:
EOS & Manual Lenses (old)
EOS & Manual Lenses (current)
Online Canon/EOS camera manuals in general, rewritten:
Canon/EOS manuals @PhotoNotes.Org
Canon/EOS digicam(!) manuals @CanonEOS.com
Canon/EOS manuals @PowerShot.COM
EOS documentation site @EOSDOC.COM
Canon/EOS analog @ManualsRUs.COM (payware)
Canon/EOS digicam's @ManualsRUs.COM (payware)
Canon/EOS @Manuals2go.COM (payware, but including service/repair manuals!)
cameraDocs.COM (old/defunct?)
CameraManualStore.COM (new/active)
Canon/EOS parts-manuals online!:
PDF parts-manuals for Canon & EOS camera's, past & present! @Micro-Tools.COM
How to mount an EOS lens to a C-mount video camera:
EOS->C-mount
Lots of info about compatibility of certain EOS flashes with certain camera models:
EOS Flash compatibility
Info about Canon/Kodak EOS digital cameras:
Circular fisheye for Canon/Kodak and Nikon/Kodak DCS digicams (matching +14.9mm tall CCD-chips):
Coastal Optics 4.88mm circular fisheye @CoastalOpt.COM (old/defunct)
Coastal Optics 4.88mm circular fisheye @CoastalOpt.COM (current/active)
Samples of Coastal Optics 4.88mm @Virtual-Scapes.COM
Why digicams need a filter to decrease the performance of optics:
Anti-Aliasing Digi-Filter
Extensive site about modern EOS digicams, with interesting plug-in software drivers/modules:
FredMiranda.Com
Is the image quality of the Canon 1Ds equal to 35mm film, or even 6x7?:
1Ds compared with D60, 1D, 1N/35mm-film and Mamiya 6x7 film @ WCastleman.COM
1Ds compared with Pentax 6x7 (also comparing drum scan to Imacon) @ Luminous-Landscape.COM
Interesting notes about incorrect focus on some EOS 10D's:
10D focus problems @DigitalCamera.DE
10D focus problems @Forums.Dpreview.COM
Tips & tricks for the high-end digital EOS cameras:
The perfect configuration of your EOS-1D(s)(-MarkII), by Chuck Westfall @PhotoWorkshop.COM
About the difference between the 3-color-in-one-pixel Foveon chip and normal CCD's with single-color pixels:
Sigma SD9 vs EOS D60
Why the chip used in the new medium-format Mamiya ZD should be used by Canon too:
No need for (wide-angle degrading) micro-lenses on Dalsa chips @Dalsa.COM
Using Canon DSLR's in movies:
24x Canon EOS 1Ds-II in stop-motion/animation pictures @EditorsGuild.COM
A shamefull low amount of compact digicams (mostly hybrid-DSLR's) with decent wide-angle performance (less than 28mm!):
Nikon CoolPix 8400 (24-85mm) @Dpreview.COM
Sony CyberShot DCS-R1 (24-120mm, with 0.8x adapter 19mm) @Dpreview.COM
Kodak Easy-Share P-880 (24-140mm) @Kodak.COM
Ricoh GR Digital with fixed 28mm, adaptable to 21mm (GW-1 Adapter) @Dpreview.COM
Ricoh GR Digital with fixed 28mm, adaptable to 21mm (GW-1 Adapter) @LetsGoDigital.COM
And now finally something *really* compact, the dual-lens Kodak Easy-Share V570! (zoom + 23mm & 5MP) @DCresource.COM
Successor of the above camera, the dual-lens Kodak Easy-Share V705 (zoom + 23mm & 7.1MP) @PhotoXels.COM
Ricoh Caplio GX100, 10MP with 24-72mm zoom, adaptable to 19mm @LetsGoDigital.ORG
Ricoh Caplio GX100, 10MP with 24-72mm zoom, adaptable to 19mm @Dpreview.COM
Several options for an EOS 24mm compared:
EOS 24mm lenses compared (including the 24/3.5 TSE!) @ Luminous-Landscape.COM
About that fake series of camera's, claimed to be made by Canon:
Fake Canomatic cameras
Look here for a playfull glittery aspect of Canon Japan that might surprise you:
Canon 3D-papercraft models; the art of folding @BJ.Canon.CO.JP
A very useful software tool to recover 'invisible/vanished' data on your camera's memory-card:
Christan Gau's Memory-Card Recovery Program "Digital Image Recovery" (DIR)
Sites that might have the older (freeware) version of DIR still available
PC Inspector File Recovery @PCinspector.DE (freeware!)
Large sites about digital cameras in general, with tests & reports:
RobGalbraith.Com
Dpreview.Com
ImagingResource.Com
German C'T Magazine
LetsGoDigital.NL
DCresource.COM
Nice overview of reviews for several camera models @NoEndPress.COM
Photim.COM
About the resolution potential of chemical films versus digital:
Resolution maximum in chemical vs digital still images @Uni-Mainz.DE
Resolution maximum in chemical vs digital motion picture @Uni-Mainz.DE
Some notes on resolution specification & testing:
1951 USAF Resolution Target @EdmundOptics.COM
1951 USAF Resolution Target in different densities @EdmundOptics.COM
1951 USAF resolution target in CAD-format (.DWG) @Vinland.COM
Resolution testing by Robert Monaghan @Medfmt.8k.COM
1951 USAF Resolution Target @ScannerForum.COM
Mathematical explanation of 1951 USAF Resolution Target
German notes on the 1951 USAF Resolution Target, including sale for 49 euro @FilmScanner.INFO
How to mount the EF-S 18-55mm on other camera's than the D300:
EF-S 18-55 Modification @Members.COX.NET/ByteSeller
EF-S lenses modified @BobAtkins.COM
Correction of Lens-Distortion & -Abberation by digital means, post-processing:
PT-Lens @EpaperPress.COM
DxO.COM
A lovely new approach to focus & tilt:
flexible mini-bellows lens @LensBabies.COM
For general info about filters:
Filter FAQ
A commercial site dedicated to filters:
PhotoFilter
For all photo related mailinglists, with 'mailto:' forms for direct subscription:
PhotoForum Overview of Mailinglists
(non-approved?/non-attributed) Mirror of the above @AeroInfo.ORG.IN
Medium format mailinglists in specific:
Bob Monaghan's overview of Medium Format Mailinglists
An overview of Mailinglist Web Sites:
Mailinglist WWW Links
For a large archive of FAQ style documents:
PhotoForum site
The archives of the PhotoForum Mailinglist itself:
PhotoForum Archives
The ever changing picture exhibition at the PhotoForum site:
PhotoForum Gallery
A large collection of photo links:
Clicio Barroso Filho's Pages
Important information and warnings about US mail order companies:
Mail Order Reviews
For a pointer to several 'used equipment' sites, including mail order ratings, see:
Used Equipment
A nice overview of photo-links:
M. Berger's Link Overview
For the site of CameraBeurs (Dutch, but English text available), see:
CameraBeurs
Sites containing panorama pictures (the real ones!):
Cyclorama's, curved murals showing panoramic images:
Equipment to shoot 360 degree panorama's in one shot:
Kaidan One Shot
TBK PAL360
FeyeView fisheye->panorama software applet @TBK.DE
More FeyeView shots @Roselelc.COM (Japanese author/manufacturer)
FeyeView spherical mirror from Accowle on top of Nikon Coolpix @Roselelc.COM
Accowle spherical mirror @Accowle.COM
Interesting historic time-line about conical/spherical/hyperboloidal mirrors @Pluto.DTI.NE.JP
Other homebuild panorama cameras:
Fuerbringer Wide Camera by Ralph Fuerbringer @Homepage.Mac.COM
55x170mm panorama camera, by Dough Bardell @CyberBeach.NET/~DBardell
Panorama camera's, past & present:
First generation of 35mm panorama camera's @ Garloo.COM/Richard Campbell
Historic timeline of panorama camera's @PanoramicPhoto.COM
Seitz history, since 1955,
including prototypes & industrial camera's (German, English version will follow!) @CMS3-Roundshot.Backslash.CH
Clunky old aerial cameras from the old days, including 180 degree panorama camera's:
Aerial camera dinosaurs @ApLab.d2g.COM
How to decrease contrast, in particular with panorama/see-through images, with huge indoor/outdoor differences:
Solving large contrasts digitally @Wind.Winona.EDU
Blending multiple images @ Erik-Krause.DE
Single image contrast masking @ Erik-Krause.DE
High Dynamic Range - the other approach, with color negative film @ Erik-Krause.DE
Contrast masking @ Luminous-Landscape
Gradient Domain High Dynamic Range Compression (breathtaking magic!)
Contrast Masking @ OutbackPhoto.COM
Contrast Masking @ Vinberg
Contrast Masking @ NickGallery (with downloadable PhotoShop actions!)
The official site of the International Association of Panorama Photographers:
Official IAPP Site
Inofficial IAPP site created by Bob Erickson, former president of the IAPP:
Inofficial IAPP Site
A nice site with Noblex product info, and tips & tricks:
Noblex Canada
Combining pinhole with panorama:
Omniscope Anamorph Pinhole Panorama Camera
Extreme wideangle pinhole/zoneplate camera:
Zero-Image 2000, with 25mm 'zone-plate' lens on 6x6 @ZeroImage.COM
A nice overview of panorama cameras made by Kamera Werke Dresden, aka Noble, both 35mm and medium format, and all accessories:
Noblex panorama cameras
An older film scanner very suitable for panorama photography, scanning 30x120mm @5080dpi:
Leafscan45 Mailinglist @Groups.Yahoo.COM
Leafscan45 repair, parts, software + manuals @Leafstuff.COM
Sites with heaps of info about Kite Areal Photography:
Same view, different approach, Pole Area Photography (PAP):
Commercial lab in Germany for scanning and printing of even the largest panorama originals & prints:
Roundshot-Labor.DE
Nice site from Alfred Klomp about the historical background of the current Horizon 202 panorama camera,
and info about other products from the KMZ-factory:
Horizon 202 biography
Horizon 205PC medium format
Manual for the old/chrome Horizont
Alfred Klomp's new site @AlfredKlomp.COM
Specifications of the Horizon 205PC by the KMZ-factory, in Russian:
Horizon 205PC factory site
Number of Horizon (& other) camera's produced by KMZ:
Production data from the KMZ/Zenit factory
Site from Silvestri Camera, manufacturer of large format super wide angle camera's, and distributor of Horizon:
Silvestri Camera
How to use your Horizon 202 panorama camera:
Horizon 202 .PDF manual @Pauck.DE
English manual @BigShotz.CO.NZ
What happens with a moving-film panorama camera if you don't rotate the lens, but the subject:
Linear-strip photography by Andrew Davidhazy @RIT.EDU
Conical variant @RIT.EDU
Slit-camera taking linear pix of long trains @Asahi-Net.OR.JP/~js4k-nmk (click on 'Japanese' for the actual pix!)
Ever heard of the International Fire Photographers Association?
Neither did I, so visit this 'hot' site:
IFPA (old site, defunct)
FirePhotographers.COM
IFPAonline.COM
FirePhoto.ORG
More links from related sites & organisations
Okay, in that case you probably haven't heard about their police-counterparts:
Evidence Photographers International Council
About Rollei:
The center of Rollei info:
Rollei
German Rollei site:
German Rollei
The official Rollei page:
Rolleifoto
The official history section on Samsung Aerospace's homepage:
SSA-Brief History
The official Zeiss site:
Zeiss
The Medium Format Digest site & archives:
Medium Format Digest
A site containing Kowa info, by Robert Monaghan:
Kowa 6 info @MedFmt.8k.COM
Kowa Super 66 info @MedFmt.8k.COM
Original Kowa prices from the mid-70's @MedFmt.8k.COM
More Kowa info:
Duncan Ross's Kowa Pages, with scan's of old brochures @DuncanRossPhoto.COM
Instructions how to service the shutter on a Kowa 55mm lens @Photographic.CO.NZ
Instructions how to service the shutter on a Kodak 150mm lens @PHotographic.CO.NZ
Data, tips & tricks about the Kowa 6x6 system @MediaJoy.COM
The official Mamiya-Japan site:
Mamiya Japan
Idem for Mamiya USA:
Mamiya USA
Lots of info about Mamiya RB:
Chris Ozdoba's RB site
Shutterbug Magazine:
Shutterbug
A similar magazine, but more pointed at private ads, like Shutterbug used to be:
Camera-Shopper
The site of Leica Camera AG:
Leica
The PDN site, with daily PhotoKina updates:
PhotoKina
The site for Sunpak flashes:
Sunpak_1 or
Sunpak_2
How about adding GPS data to your pictures?:
GPS & Photo
About Pentax 67 optics:
Pentax 67 Lenses
About a dazzling combination of panorama and fisheyes:
Dan Slater's Panoramic Fisheye's
Adapting a Nikon 6mm/f5.6 circular fisheye to a Nikon D1 digicam, by means of a relay-lens:
Dan Slater's Digicam conversions, relay-lens for half-size sensors @Nearfield.COM
Some darkroom stuff:
Tmax
About nature photography & EOS:
George Lepp's Site
Another one on nature photography:
Nature Forum
A nice program for calculating 'Depth of Field' and 'Field of View':
DOF & FOV
Another DOF calculator:
David Jacobson
Sites to determine sunrise & sunset:
US Naval Observatory's calculator
Leslie O'Shaughnessy Studios calculator
Kodak calculator (not perfect!)
Some links for shopping in Japan:
Overview Japanese photo stores
Viboon Chaojirapant's Tutorial
PhotoNet
About ordering by mail in the US:
Mail Order Survey
Information about Kiev equipment:
Kiev Report
Kiev Report 2nd Home
About macro photography:
Paul Wilson's Macro Site
About Minox and other small cameras:
Sub Miniature Camera Club
About German flashes:
Metz
About fisheyes, fisheyes, and fisheyes:
David Ruether (aka Bob Neuman) @Ferrario.COM (original)
David Ruether (aka Bob Neuman) @DonFerrario.COM (update)
Architectural photography from Henning Wulff, a fellow tilt/shift & fisheye nut:
Wulff Photography & Design @ArchiPhoto.COM
About 4x5" cameras with a cloth focal plane shutter:
Graflex.ORG
How to create a circular fisheye on medium format 6x6 camera's:
Grafting a full-frame fisheye for 35mm onto a 6x6 camera @AngelFire.COM/CA/Erker
What a cheap fisheye & creativity can do:
Lomographic Fisheyecamera @Shop.Lomography.COM/FisheyeCamera
A fisheye that is nether full-frame nor circular:
About the 12mm Spiratone semi-frame fisheye @TheSyberSite.COM
How to scan negatives properly with a slide scanner:
Negative Scanning Tips
Sites comparing scanner performances:
Tony Sleep's Scanning Site
Tony Sleep's Scanning Site II
Scanner evaluation @ R. N. Clark
Scanner evaluation @ Norman Koren
Bone-crushing tough verdicts about *real* Dmax- & DPI-values @ ScannerForum (by Phillip Lippincott)
About color depth and Dmin & Dmax:
Color Depth @ ScanTips.COM (Wayne Fullton)
About scanners in general:
Scanners @ ScanTips.COM (Wayne Fullton)
About gamma and calibration of scanners and monitors:
Timo Wintel's scanner/monitor calibration
More info & tests for gamma calibration:
Accurate Image Manipulation
More about drum scanning and digital imaging:
Carl Volk's Digital Photo Pages
And another scanning site:
H+S Scanning Pages
About slide scanners:
Slide Scanner Overview
About scanners and Dmax vs bit-number:
Bob Shomler's Scanner Pages
How to make Windows XP recognize your scanner without turning it on during booting:
RescanHardware @ Deon van der Westhuysen
How to digitalize your black&white negatives:
Scanning Black&White negatives @ BigBenPublishing.COM.AU
The tools you need for accurate calibration of your scanner & film:
IT-8 calibration targets for various films & formats @ Targets.ColorAid.DE
Dozens of different test targets, to check and quantify the performance of optical gear, including lenses and scanners:
Optical test patterns
About the tricks to make digital pictures more sharp & contrasty:
Sharpening/Unsharp Masking by @RalphAltmann.DE (German)
About seeing things differently:
The Illusions Homepage
About German optics:
Schneider Optics
About German filters:
B+W Filters
About the Swiss/German mag Photographie:
PHOTOGRAPHIE
About the history of film formats:
Michael Rogge's Film Formats Historica Site
Kodak Film Formats
Motion picture panorama/wide-screen formats @WideScreenMuseum.COM
Every optical gadget you can think of:
Edmund Scientific
Taking pictures in a different world:
Underwater Photography & Video
About thunder and lightning, cyclones and tornado's:
Storm Chaser
About lightning in specific:
Desert Rat's Lightning Site
Chuck Doswell's Lightning Site
Douglas Kiesling's Lightning Site
Michael Bath
ElectricSkies.COM.AU
The ultimate device to automagically capture lightning, even in twilight & daylight!:
Radio-frequency lightning sensor @LightningTrigger.COM
If you wonder why you can't view the above site.... @PhotoTakers.COM
Nice comprehensive tutorial about the Lightning Trigger @ApogeePhoto.COM
Report on the Lightning Trigger @Luminous-Landscape.COM
Why an optical sensor might be too slow @Astro.Uni-Bonn.DE
Report on the Lightning Trigger @F-8andBeThere.COM
Report on the Lightning Trigger @HootHollow.COM
A similar one about hurricanes:
Hurricane Hunter
A large collection of weather pictures from Down Under:
Australian Severe Weather Gallery
One of the most stunning & magic weather phenomena on the sky, a full 360 degree rainbow around the sun:
Parhelia samples @ Planet-Terre (also check all other pages, a magic collection of cloud pictures!)
Parhelia explained
More distinct/separated/multiple/repetitive parhelia (sundog) samples
Taking pictures from an Remote Control plane/helicopter, Digital Stereo & Digital Panorama:
David P. Grenewetzki's Homepage
About odd film sizes for antique and classic cameras
Film For Classics
About aerial & blimp photography:
Floatograph Technologies
Battery FAQ's:
New type of compact & lightweight rechargeable batteries:
Superior Lithium Polymer Batteries (SLPB) @Kokam.COM (3.7/7.4/11.1 volt)
Superior Lithium Polymer Batteries (SLPB) @Kokam.COM (3.7/7.4/11.1 volt)
The FAQ for the newsgroup sci.optics:
sci.optics FAQ
About US-made panorama cameras and more:
Hulcherama
Virtual tours through dissassembled EOS lenses:
Inside the EOS 28-105mm/f3.5-4.5
Inside the EOS 75-300mm/f4.5-5.6
Info about the CustomFunction settings for all EOS bodies:
EOS & CF-options, by Klaus Schroiff
Info about CF-options for EOS-3 in specific:
EOS-3/CF19-patch
The famous Pentax Pages of a fellow Dutchman:
Peter's Pentax Pages
About Linhof medium and large format cameras:
Linhof Technica's
Another fellow circular-fisheye nut:
Robert Monaghan Bronica & Fisheye Pages
About microscopy:
Bob's Microscopy and Science Page
Converting Panoramas to Circular Images and Vice Versa - Without a Computer!:
Jeffrey R. Charles
A database to check out whether equipment has a fishy status or not:
Stolen Equipment Registry
Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of flash bulbs:
William Cress' Flash Bulb Database
Info for the 3D Photographer by Joel Alpers:
Rocky Mountains Memories
A huge collection of photo links:
Panographica Photography Links
Panographica's New Site
How to capture those spooky things on film:
Ghost Images
Lots of interesting stuff about remote digital camera photography from rockets, hovercraft, airplane, helicopters and gliders:
Digital Camera Experiments
The only German magazine dealing with old and exotic photo equipment:
Photo Deal Magazine
About French filters:
Cokin Filters
Info about Canon's latest EOS-lens compatible videocamera, successor of the EX-1/2 cq L-1/2:
Media Design XL-1 Watchdog
About Sigma lenses and cameras:
Sigma Japan
A semi-official Sigma site from the Canadian distributor:
Sigma Canada
About those colorful semi-circles on the horizon:
Rainbows I
Rainbows II
Rainbows III
Rainbows IV (with Java applett)
About rainbows, why the sky is blue and the clouds are white:
Nature's Colors
A nice collection of photo links and real world addresses of photo manufacturers:
Leslie O'Shaughnessy Studios Photography Resources
Lots of custom build cameras (stereo, pinhole panoramic, swing lens panoramic, linear ("Topocam") panoramic,
and soon to come - a 5 inch format, computer controlled, rotating type panoramic camera):
Kurt Mottweiler's Custom Camera's
About hologram technology:
Holographic World
Photographic and electronic imaging from high above:
Brian Webb Air/Spacecraft Photography
View the inside of an EOS-1, with all its gazillion tiny components:
EOS-1 exploded view
More about medium/large format slide projectors:
Medium Format Slide Projector's
About the roots of photographic emulsions and its size & coding:
History of Film & Formats
Why USA airports must honor a request for hand inspection of carry-on luggage:
Airport Hand Inspection
More about airport scanning devices & carry-on luggage rules:
X-ray & Film
InVision (manufacturer)
Kodak (not 100% correct, see chapter in the first section of this page!)
Kinesis carry-on luggage survey
About Contax & Yashica:
Cees de Groot's Contax & Yashica Site
Yashica FAQ
Older Yashica's (M42/screwmount)
Alternative processing formula's for common films:
Arnold Gassan's Processing Method
All you ever wanted to know about digital cameras, old & new:
DigitalKamera
ProPhotos
PlugIn
Anmax Storage Medium Compatibility Chart
Imaging Resource
An overview of digital cameras, with sample images:
Digital Camera Samples
A nice overview of all Nikon/Kodak digital bodies, past & present:
Nikon/Kodak digital cameras
Digital cameras analysed:
Digital Camera Overview
A site with lots of info and news about digital cameras:
Steve's DigiCam Pages
Worlds most fascinating 360 degree panorama cameras:
Seitz Roundshot Home Page
About famous fisheyes in photographic history, past & present:
Start page on Nikon circular fisheyes @Mir.COM.MY
Nikon Circular Fisheyes 6mm/f5.6, 7.5mm/f5.6, 8mm/f2.8, 10mm/f5.6 @Mir.COM.MY
Nikon 6mm/f2.8 @Mir.COM.MY
Both Nikon 6mm/f2.8 and 6mm/f5.6 @Mir.COM.MY
Zuiko 8mm/f2.8 @Mir.COM.MY
Canon FD7.5mm/f5.6 circular fisheye @Mir.COM.MY
Samples from and picture of the Nikon 6mm/f2.8 by Philip Greenspun @Photo.NET
Minolta Rokkor 7.5mm/f5.6 @Users.BigPond.NET.AU/Antony_Hands
Fisheye-notes from Nikon @Nikon.CO.JP, including the 230 degree 6.2mm/f5.6 (never released to the public, read military?)
Nikon fisheyes @DigitalBooks.DE
Long-exposure stellar-pole photography @Gdargaud.NET
Fishlist overview @Panopticus.Alterviast.ORG
Very elaborate page about the history of Nikon fisheyes @LucioLePri.IT (Italian only)
Global list of processing labs for Agfa Scala:
Worldwide Lab's for Agfa Scala
More than 300 PhotoShop links:
PhotoShop Links Site
Keep smiling!:
Photo Jokes
How to learn the basics of photography online:
Online Photography Cursus
One more site about 3D photography:
Stereo Photography
About the thrilling combination of aerial photography and fisheye perspective:
Bob Mars Aerial Fisheye Images
Where to find the best spots in the USA for fall foliage scenery:
Fall Foliage Spotting Tips
Lots of info about Neutral Density Graduate filters:
Kevin O'Neil's ND-Grad Filter Site
How to build your own EOS remote (only applies to the 2.5mm stereo jack plug socket on
cheaper bodies, not to the T3 socket on 1(n) etc):
Homemade EOS remote
Interesting news on the panoramic horizont:
Hasselblad XPAN Panorama Camera
All in's and out's about measuring light with your camera:
Klaus Schroiff Light Metering Modes Site
How to check your shutter with a PC sound card:
Soundcard Shutter Check
About cheap ways to carry your camera around:
Camera Bag tips & tricks
Data about the time between pressing the shutter and actual exposure:
EOS time-lag data
Stereoscopic Images of Small Objects by Flatbed Scanner:
3D Flatbed Scanning (original site)
3D Flatbed Scanning (new home)
How to generate your own barcodes for the Canon EOS-10, online, with Java-script:
EOS-10 Barcode Generator
One more site with a large amount of links:
Rober Shu's Photo Links
How to scan panorama frames (24x58/66mm) with the cheap HP PhotoSmart scanner:
PhotoSmart Vuesmart Patch
A site about aerial photography, including secondary links:
Skypix Aerial Photography
Spherical Panoramas, Macro Panoramas, Free Panorama Software:
PanoTools by Helmut Dersch
PanoTools Patch @ Ueckermann.DE
PanoTools mirror @ D.Maurer
PanoTools mirror @ all-in-one
PanoTools mirror @ path.unimelb.edu.au
Guide & additional software for Panotools, plus list of download mirrors
German tutorial for Panotools @DFFE.AT
PTGUI, Graphical User Interface for PanoTools @NIC.FI/~Juhe3
Current version of PTGUI @Hugin.SourceForge.NET
Fascinating software to create perspectively corrected images made by fisheye lenses:
Architectural Correct Fisheyes
Samples of perspective for different types of optics (curvilinear/fisheye, rectilinear/wide-angle, swing-lens/panorama):
Perspective Samples
Comparing a 12mm rectilinear super wide angle to a swing-lens panorama camera:
Voigtländer 12mm vs Noblex 135
Virtual Reality in paradise:
PanoTools examples on Hawaii
More info & guidance than you ever wanted to know, including 360x180 degree images:
PanoTools Tutorial by BigBenPublishing
More panorama software:
PhotoVista.COM
PanaVue.COM
PanoGuide.COM (software overview)
Pixtra.COM
Fascinating 'layering' or 'stacking' software to overcome the DOF problem with macro images:
HeliconFocus, made in the Ukrain @HeliconFocus.COM
Combine-Z5, freeware @HadleyWeb.PWP.BlueYonder.CO.UK
Samples showing the addition of colorized depth-information @CrystalCanyons.NET
MicroFocus @NeoVision.CZ
Historic perspective in comparison with PanoTools @JanRik.NET
Some notes in German @Mikroskopie-MikroFotografie.DE
MicroPix @BeWie.DE (German)
All necessary data & maps for viewing solar eclipses:
NASA Solar Eclipses
Photo related forums on CompuServe (non-members can only view, not post):
CompuServe Photography Forum
A extensive collection of large format info & links:
Tuan's Large Format Tutorial
Another tutorial site about large format:
Try Kerry Thalmann's Large Format Site
A photographic wildlife convention in one of the most beautiful countries on this planet:
First South-African International Wildlife and Photographic Convention
The new M39-mount Voigtländer Bessa L with Super-Wide Heliar 15mm/f4.5 and Scopar 25mm/f4.0:
Voigtländer I
Voigtländer II
Voigtländer III
Voigtländer IV
A nice Java-applet showing the basics of linear, circular and elliptical polarisation:
Polarisation Simulation
Tilt & shift explained by Hans Merkel:
Scheimpflug
Online web-calculator for tilt/Scheimpflug & other photographic calculations:
Tilt Calculator @ MrCalculator.COM
More references & articles about tilt & Scheimpflug:
Tilt references @ Trenholm.ORG
Interested in building your own camera, pinhole or far more complex?:
International Society of Handbuilt Cameras
Worlds largest panorama camera....16 inch tall negatives!:
Will Landon's Cirkut #16
One of the two big German filter manufacturers:
Heliopan Filters
Adding a mechanical gyroscope platform to any camera:
Kenlab Gyroscopes @Ken-Lab.COM
GyroPro Camera Stabilizer @PeaceRiversStudios.COM
Gyroscopic video in a RC-model helicopter @RCWhirlyBird.COM
Lot's of good info about filters, light measurment & conversion, film & paper, and even E-4 addresses (for the old Ektachrome IR):
Thom Bell's Filter Page
Linear- or Ortho-Panoramas, by:
Gene F. Rhodes I
Gene F. Rhodes II
Brian Jones
VideoBrush
Respooling the older 620 format with 120 rolls:
120 -> 620 respooling
How to take cheap aerial shots with a radio-controlled model airplane:
Don Miller low-cost aerial shots
About the sensitivity of the human eye to polarized light:
Eye & Polarized Light
Why you don't want to do business with IPIX (panorama/stitching software):
IPIX's real ugly face
IPIX's real ugly face II
IPIX real ugly face III
Ever wondered what lays behind infinity, when dots become lines, lines become surfaces, surfaces become 3d, and 3d enters another dimension?
A mind-boggling panorama thesis by Andrew Davidhazy:
Beyond Infinity Panorama
An indepth explanation and samples of using polarisation filters with a Zeiss Distagon-F 30mm:
Polaroid & Fisheyes
Kamera Werke Dresden, the manufacturer of a very nice range of panorama cameras:
Noblex Panorama
Nice Russian site explaining many physical principles & phenomena, including optics:
Physical/Optical Animations
A similar site in the USA, explaining everything related to light:
Optical Explanations
Jan Faul explaining a persisting defect on Noblex 150 cameras with shift option:
Noblex shift I (image number two (look for light stripe on right near top))
Noblex shift II
About the medium format cameras from East-Germany:
Pentacon 6
A new, very stylish wooden panoramic 6x17 camera from Italiy, by Arturo Rebora:
Pan2000
About the first Russian panorama camera, 24x110mm frames, by Rich Campbell:
KMZ FT-2 Panorama camera
A site from one of the scholars of Ansel Adams:
George Wallace
Ross Woodrow about the very first cameras, operating without film:
Camera Obscura & Camera Lucida
Panorama site with interesting free-ware stitching software:
The Panorama Factory
A very extensive site about Nikon:
Christoph Ozdoba's Nikon Site
A nice tutorial on Canon EOS Tilt/Shift lenses:
"How TS-E Lenses Will Change Your Life."
More about Canon EOS TS-E lenses:
Neil Gundel's TS-E tilt/shift notes
A virtual respresentation of what happens if you change aperture vs shutter speed:
Camera Simulator
Sites dealing with hand coloring (especially suitable for IR, with it's predominant whites!):
Hand Color dot Com
BKA Photo (commercial; demo's & FAQ)
Explaining the Japanese concept of out-of-focus-differences, by Harold Merklinger,
in an article from Photo Techniques May/June 1997:
Bokeh
About filters:
Bob Monaghan's Filter FAQ
Schneider (B+W) Filter Info
Hoya Filter Info & Tutorial
A lovely overview of various artistic URL's:
Wagner Bazarin's Arts Collection
More about Agfa Scala, from Laurent Wirmer, employee at Agfa:
Agfa Scala
About tripods, gimbal heads & quick release plates:
Uniloc, the successor of the magic Benbo triopod
Operate your telelens as if it were weightless, with the Wimberley Gimbal-Head @TripodHead.COM
Quick-release plates that fit your camera like a glove, @ReallyRightStuff.COM
Gimbal & twin-camera tripod heads @Dietmar-Nill.DE
The most compact full-size monopod, fitting inside the rear bag of a PhotoTrekker/MiniTrekker! (diagonally):
Cullmann 0741 Monopod @Cullmann-Foto.DE
You thought the geared heads from Manfrotto were fun?....this is way more fun:
Arriflex Geared Head MK1
Arriflex Geared Head MK2 (even Saddam would like this one....:))
Manfrotto geared heads @Manfrotto.COM
A new style of action grip tripod heads:
Manfrotto's side-bar/handle action grip @Manfrotto.COM
The only two remaining 6x7 projectors on the market:
ProCabin 6x7 Projector & Light Panels @Cabin-Kogyo.CO.JP
Götschmann 6x7 projectors (manual & automatic/tray) @Goetschmann.DE
Todays incarnation of the old Episkop reflective/print projector:
ArtoGraph.COM
Braun Paxiscope (model XXL with 285x285mm working surface & 1420W!) @Braun-PhotoTechnik.DE
Todays incarnation of the Leitz Large Format Hochleistungs Diakop:
18x18cm slide projection with up to 12.000W metal-halide lamp (3x more efficient than halogen!) @Pani.COM
18x18 slide projection with up to 10.000W metal-halide lamp @Revolux.COM
High-intensity 35mm slide projection, with 10.000 lumen metal-halide @Vicom.DE
About all the different voltages, frequencies and plug/socket layouts that exist worldwide:
Electric Power spec's around the globe
About Pyro and PMK development methods:
Pyro / PMK Mailinglist
A jointed effort to run various scanners under Linux:
SANE
Interesting freeware(!) competition for PhotoShop, developed for Linux, now also running under Windows:
GIMP
Some very interesting data on the combination/conflict of IS and MLU (mirror lockup) with EOS-cameras:
Pölking's IS+MLU Analysis
An attest to the performance of Canon's high end IS lenses:
Uwe Walz's IS-report
Medium Format Film - Flatness or Not?, by Sam Sherman:
Film Flatness
More about film flatness, and the difference between 120 and 220, from the horses mouth:
Zeiss comments on film flatness
Why manual focus, under certain conditions, can still be sharper than autofocus:
AF vs MF
How to trigger your mechanical camera from a large distance:
Wireless electromechanical cable-release actuators
About world's largest fisheyes, used in the Omnimax theatres:
Isco Optics Göttingen
Don't want to rely on Agfa for your darkroom chemistry?:
How to mix Rodinal yourself
Everything you ever wanted to know about Optical Character Recognition, including shareware & freeware:
OCR Resource List
Super large format panorama cameras, 8x16" and 7x17" and even 8x20":
Phillips Cameras 8x16"/7x17"
Lotus View Rapid Field Camera 8x20"
How to fire your Canon with an universal remote transmitter, written by Chieh Cheng:
Universal Remote for EOS
Developer recommendations for any black & white film you can imagine:
DigitalTruth / PhotoSource
A large overview of all black&white film made worldwide:
B&W film overview
Same site, now the addresses of manufacturers & (Swiss) distributors:
B&W film manufacturer overview
A new black&white film made in Germany, with dazzling performance:
GigabitFilm
Changing your b&w negatives into slides:
Ilford b&w neg->slide reversal
A commercial pro-lab dedicated to neg->slide reversal conversions, including Kodak HIE and many others:
Reversal-processing @DR5.COM (old/defunct)
Reversal-processing @DR5.NET (current)
Site from Barry-Thornthon, b&w expert of the level of Ansel Adams:
Black&White tips, tricks & products/chemistry @Barry-Thornthon.CO.UK
You thought that the very first color images were made around 1930? Wrong!:
Color photo's around 1900
Imagine, any older image of the world is either black & white, or a painting....this means these are the oldest 'full-perception' images of our history....dazzling historical context, more than just photography, if you think about it!
Worlds first commercial fisheye, first circular, and one of the only two circular fisheyes ever designed for medium format:
Nikon Cloud Camera
So, you thought that the only way to get a full 180 degree circular image was a circular fisheye? Wrong!:
All-Sky Reflector concept by Jeffrey R. Charles
All-Sky design/product from Versacorp
Large test-overview of slide scanners build in 1995-2000, with sample images:
Scanner overview
How to boost your flash:
Quantum Flash Packs
Interesting notes, comparing Luminar photo-microscope lenses with a Novoflex-reverse-mounted EOS-zoomlens
(focusing from infinity(!) to 3:1):
Novoflex reverse-adapter
Lots of interesting notes, info & links about fisheyes, in particular the Russian 8mm Peleng, by Marco Pauck:
Fisheye Notes
Some interesting optical research notes about various fisheyes:
Fisheye Research (old/defunct)
Fisheye Research (.pdf) (old/defunct)
Fisheye Research (.pdf) (current/active)
R&D notes about cloud-imaging equipment @Ascam2.LCO.CL (Chile(!))
Tips & tricks how to fabricate screw mounts (T/C/CS-mount, 1.25" & 2"):
Screw Mount Manufacturing
Circular fisheye for Canon/Kodak and Nikon/Kodak DCS digicams (matching +14.9mm tall CCD-chips):
Coastal Optics 4.88mm circular fisheye @CoastalOpt.COM (old/defunct)
Coastal Optics 4.88mm circular fisheye @CoastalOpt.COM (current/active)
All you ever wanted to know about Olympus cameras & accessories:
Olympus Encyclopedia
The only (complicated) way to make the lightmeter in your EOS 30/33 work with non-EF manual lenses:
EOS 30/33 & non-EF manual lenses (M42/T2/RMS) [GERMAN language!]
All Panorama cameras from 1843 till 1994, by Bill McBride:
Panorama-Camera History Listing
A lovely overview of Leitz 35mm projectors by the Leitz Historical Society of America:
Leitz 35mm Projectors
About projecting chemical experiments on-screen in real-time:
Chemical Experiments Live On-Screen
Lovely odd ways to create photographic images....forget about lens *and* camera:
Bizarre Photographic Creations
A nice tutorial plus samples about combining a polarisation filter with fisheyes:
Hasselblad fisheye & polaroid filter
Which Sigma lenses require a chip upgrade to work properly with the EOS 30/Elan-7/10D (shown as 'Error99' on 10D):
EOS 30/Elan-7/10D & Sigma compatiblity (German)
EOS 30/Elan-7/10D & Sigma compatibility (English)
One of the most charming cameras from Germany, with build-in tilt & reversable lens mount:
Rollei SL66 series
Slide projectors, from a time when photography wasn't even born yet, several centuries ago:
Magic Lantern
LuikerWaal (Dutch)
George Eastman House Pre-Cinema - Tech Collection Series
About worlds largest motion picture format:
The Imax/Omnimax Story
The wonderfull effect of dropping & submerging your Nikon 990 digicam into a pond:
Digital Weirdness
A nice tool/adapter for scanning various formats of slides on a flatbed scanner:
DiaCover
All you ever wanted to know about one of worlds oldest & largest panorama camera's ever:
Cirkut FAQ
How to develop full-size rolls of 70mm film:
Fairchild 100/150 feet Developing Tank
How to shoot in the dark:
Night Photography by The Nocturnes
A very interesting approach to scanning & film grain:
Scanning film grain
Filtering film grain after scanning @ASF.COM
Filtering film grain & digital noise @NeatImage.COM
How to increase image quality with digicams:
Caldwell's Multi-Digi Mosaic
Adding Lego & Lego Mindstorm components to your photo tools:
LEGO & Photo
About differences in film/flange-distance between Leica and Konica Hexar:
Dante Stella's film/flange-distance analysis
Other interesting notes about Leitz, Zeiss, and rangefinders:
Dante Stella's other chapters
Why there is an external limit to the quality of 35mm lenses:
35mm sharpness limited by film flatness, a paper written in 1979
More Zeiss- and Contax-related info at
ContaxInfo.Com
The largest flatbed scanner in the world:
KS22 (I)
KS22 (II)
A nice range of online (PDF) & hardcopy camera user- & repair-manuals, old & new:
Ed Romney famous repair manuals
Manuals @ PhotoNotes.Org
Canon Manuals @ CanonEOS.com
Minolta Manuals @ Minolta.USA
John S. Craig Camera Manual & Literature Site
Manuals-R-Us
Camera Manuals @ Henrys.COM
Camera Manuals @ LensInc.NET
Canon/EOS digicam(!) manuals @PowerShot.COM
Camera manuals @Manuals2Go.COM
All the pro-grade gear and stuff you need for repairing & restoring cameras:
Micro-Tools.COM
All the pro-grade stuff needed to clean your camera & optics:
PhotoSol(utions).COM
Sites & opinions/tests about the Zenitar 16mm/f2.8 fisheye:
Zenitar @ JimTardio.Com
Zenitar @ PhotoNotes.Org
Zenitar & other correction data for PanoTools @ Erik-Krause.DE
Gallery with samples of Zenitar mounted on digi-cam @PeterBerger.AT
Sites & manuals about the Peleng 8mm:
Peleng 8mm @Pauck.DE
Peleng 8mm manual (.PDF) @Pauck.DE
Peleng 8mm @Haardt.NET
Peleng 8mm adapted for 35mm motion picture (Arriflex/PL-mount) @LongValleyEquip.COM
Peleng 8mm on EOS 300D digicam @Inertia-LLC.COM
Peleng 8mm @MuellerWorld.COM
Opinions/Reviews @PhotographyReviews.COM
Peleng 8mm @Geocities.COM/Belshop
Peleng & digicam-relaylens @NaturFotograf.COM
Sites & info about the Sigma 8mm:
Sigma 8mm @ImagePower.DE
Image samples from the Sigma 8mm, center & corner, at various apertures @Panoramas.DK
Various optics/image-manipulating related sites:
Tools, tips & tricks for panorama, virtual reality, 3D and all kinds of optical stuff in general @Inertia-LLC.COM
How to correct motion blur in digital images, with the mathematical method 'deconvolution':
UnShake (Java-Applet)
AutoDeBlur (warning, very poorly written FrontPage HTML-crap,
browser/PC might lockup, be sure to save all open files first!)
How to correct artefacts in digital images (including color fringing created by using extreme wide-angles on digital sensors):
Correction of image distortion & color-fringing @ CaldwellPhotographic.COM
How to increase DOF by digital means; some simple & straightforward, some very sophisticated:
Larger DOF by stitching foreground with background @ PhotoSig.COM
Stitching sample @ LarsMichael.COM
Larger DOF by a blur-substraction and layer-addition in PhotoShop
Increasing DOF by using Telecentric lenses:
Telecentric lenses explained @ ComputerOptics.COM
Telecentric lenses explained @ OptimumVision.CO.UK
Telecentric lenses explained @ Photo.NET
Telecentric lenses explained @ Photo.NET II
Telecentric lenses explained @ Photo.NET III
A large overview of (Nikon) lenses, including exotic fisheyes:
Nikon lens Survey @ Naturfotograf.COM
A different approach to fisheye optics, using an ordinary lens plus a spherical mirror:
Fisheye mirrors
Simply put a night vision tube between your Canon camera and Canon lens, and maintain all electronic functionality, both EOS and video? Yes you can:
Astroscope Night-Vision for Canon L1/2-EX1/2-XL1/2 video cameras @ElectroPhysics.COM
Astroscope brochure (.PDF) with better pictures @ElectroPhysics.COM
Astroscope 200mm/f1.3 catadioptric lens for Canon-/EOS-NV constellations @ElectroPhysics.COM
Esscher-like visual impossibilities:
Optical Illusions @ Waldner-Optics
How to select your lens for a large format camera, including details like circle of coverage:
Large Format Lenses
How to remove dust & scratches from your image on older slide scanners:
Polaroid Dust&Scratch Removal Tool
Invisibility doesn't exist you think?....wrong!:
A fascinating high-tech/imaging approach to invisibility
(watch the movie samples!)
More visual/optical wizards
Overview of other visual projects
Lots of info/opinions/reviews on all kinds of professional digital imaging-equipment:
Scanners & other digi opinions/reviews @ Flaar.Org
Exact film sizes & tolerances for various formats:
Film width spec's @ Thombell
Huge collection of info about hundreds of camera's:
Camera library @ CameraQuest
About the largest flashbulbs on this planet:
Bulbs compared @ DarkLightImagery.NET
Worlds largest bulbs from MeggaFlash.COM
You thought 8x10" was the largest field camera?....wrong!:
Wisner 16x20" 'field' camera
Wisner 20x24" 'field' camera
Lotus Rapid Field 20x24" (with 24v electromotors for focus and front rise/tilt/shift!)
A possible last home for rare/large/heavy objects no one wants (or can handle....;)), in Germany and perhaps abroad:
German Museum Mailinglist @ Deutsches.Historisches.Museum
About the Golden Ratio, aka as Rule of Thirds or Golden Main, a mathematical approach to eye-pleasing size ratio's:
Golden Ratio
Combining the most wonderful filters, including Cokin-P compatibility:
Singh-Ray's combinations of polarizer plus warming & enhancing/intensifier/didymium filters
Extensive overview of micro lenses (RMS screw thread), by Dr. Klaus Schmitt, including pictures!:
Micro lens overview @Home.T-Online.DE/home/Klaus_D_Schmitt
Converting illuminance and luminance:
Light conversion @OnlineConversion.COM/Light.htm
Probably worlds most expensive expedition/photography-vehicle, the MaxiMog Mercedes Unimog 4x4 from Unicat, with hydraulic driven trailer,
and a *huge* telescopic mast:
Photographers dream expedition vehicle @ Unicat.NET
More details on Photographers dream expedition vehicle @ Unicat.NET
Dedicated site @MaxiMog.COM
Drawings to explain the brain-cracking collapsible concept @MaxiMog.COM
Interesting concept of a photo backpack/daypack:
Switcheable backpack with side opening @Holst-Direct.COM (German)
How to determine a single lens:
Convex versus Concave lenses @RIT.EDU/~vjrnts
You thought there were no real fast lenses for medium format? Oh you were so wrong....;))
240mm/f1.2 (yes, that's one-point-two) Zoomatar for Pentax 6x7 @MedFMT.8k.COM
Creating stereo images on screen:
Animated Stereo GIF's @Well.COM/USER/JimG
See Leonardo Da Vinci's attitude to life, art & science:
The Seven Da Vincian Principles @TutorPal.COM (press on forward/back buttons on the lower right, and scroll entire screen!)
Additional semantical note about the Da Vincian Principles @Plato.Acadiau.CA
Practical notes on the Da Vincian Principles @StClouddiocese.ORG
More about the Combat Graflex 70mm, a Contax rangefinder on steroids:
Combat Graflex 70mm @JohnLehman.ORG
Combat Graflex 70mm @CMP.UCR.EDU
Other camera's used by the US-military, handheld & plane/belly-mounted:
US-military camera's, past & present @Designation-Systems.NET
Nice option for printing your panorama images after scanning at home, up to 100x300cm (150 euro, but 30x120cm already for 11 euro(!)):
Online panorama printing @DigiPoster.DE (German site, but shipping through most of Europe)
Similar service @Photo.RivInfo.COM, up to 90x13000(!)cm, with more choices of printing material,
protection and even transparencies & businesscards
What happens if you stitch 196 images from a 6 megapixel camera....:))
Giga-pixel image, 40,784 x 26,800 pixels, stitched from 196 6MP-images, @TawbaWare.COM/MaxLyons
Now try the same with an *analog* camera....:))
GigaPixel Project @GigaPxl.COM
More digital giga-pixel projects:
2.5 GigaPixel panorama @TPD.TNO.NL
Gigapixel projection!
Article about using ordinary beamer-components & tiling to increase resolution by a factor 6! @MCNC.ORG
Projection technology explained @MCNC.ORG
The Ansel Adam of color photography, using the same large formats:
Christopher Burkett @OswaldGallery.COM
Famous use of the rare Kowa 19mm/f4.5 :
Kowa 19mm/f4.5 circular fisheye used in the design/pictures for a space/SF-project & -exhibition @Intercot.COM
Kowa 19mm/f4.5 circular fisheye used in one of Stan Kubrick's films (half-way down the page) @Cinematography.COM
How to record the motion of time:
Interval-operated motion picture samples @IntervaloMeters.COM
Cheap alternatives to fisheye lenses:
0.42x Fisheye Adapter by N.K. Guy @PhotoNotes.ORG
How to develop long rolls of (aerial) film yourself, including 70mm & 5":
Instruction manual for the Smith 5" film development processor @RMP.Opusis.COM
Never found the ideal solution for operating a camera in cold or even arctic temperatures?....then look at this!:
Mammut Mars, a very interesting convertible mitten, incorporating a glove inside! @SierraTradingPost.COM
Recording the last few minutes from the past, and never miss anything what happens around you, not even a split second:
MyDejaView.COM
New developments in diffractive optics:
Diffractive optics insect-style @WashTimes.COM
Ever wondered how to keep your circular fisheye perfectly vertical when shooting tree canopies, for forestry/biology applications?
....and even include the North into your image?
Scanopy & NorthFinder @Regent.QC.CA
Nice overview of all manual-focus camera brands, past & present, with years of production:
Camera System Overview @Incinia.ES/DE/ManualCamera
About one of the most lovely architectural photo subjects, the World Expositions, where/when/how:
Global organising committee, listing all World Expo's, past, present & future @BIE-Paris.ORG
(warning: heavily loaded (java?) page, might slow down your PC!)
World Expo 2005 in Japan @Expo2005.OR.JP
World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China @Expo2010China.COM
What happens if you combine cars & camera's:
CameraVan.COM
Missing a hard-to-get part, or creating/prototyping something new?:
Online custom-order machining of metal & plastics @eMachineShop.COM
Interesting concept for 120/220-format film cannisters:
Screw-type 120/220 film cannisters @Rose-Plastic.DE
The most wanted photo-related free software:
Top downloads @Foto-Freeware.DE
Digital projection getting close enough to 35mm analog projection?:
JVC's DLA/D-ILA projectors @Expandore.COM
More about optical image stabilisation & motion detection:
Gradient Based Dominant Motion Estimation With Integral Projections For Real Time Video Stabilisation @Mee.TCD.IE
Charlie Kim's report on camera/head/tripod vibration @ Markins.COM/Charlie
The sad story of John Noble, owner of Kamera Werke Dresden, where the Noblex panorama camera's are produced:
'Verbannt und Verleugnet' (banned & ignored) @John-Noble.DE
FAQ's, Tutorials and other textual information in Dutch:
Foto Cursus #1
Foto Cursus #2
Tons of tips & tutorials about imaging software like PhotoShop & other Adobe products
Used equipment:
Woodmere Camera
B&H
KEH Camera Brokers
CameraWeb
Tamarkin
Cameta
Andrew Brierley's Site
Camera Trader/Clyed's
Pacific Rim
Ritz Camera
Midwest Photo Exchange
Guild Camera's Website
Camera Store
Canon Enthusiasts Classifieds
S&G Photographic Equipment
Wall Street Camera
Brad's Collectibles Honolulu
Leicatime Luigi Crescenzi (Italy/collectors items)
Pro Photo Connection Inc
Camera World of Oregon
Professional Marketing Services Inc. (digital gear)
Adorama
Camera Traders Ltd (with good Kowa selection)
ShutterbugsDirect
BadgerGraphic
CameraQuest (don't forget to check their Classic Camera Profiles section with tons of info!)
Bob Fatone @Home.Earthlink.NET
German mail order & second hand:
German Photo Fairs @Titan.CS.Uni-Bonn.DE
Kamera Börsen Terminkalender (Photo fair overview BRD)
Rabensteinfoto Börsen Terminkalender (Photo fair overview Europe, *with* indicator of size!)
Photo-Schilo Börsen Terminkalender
Camera-Trade-Shows Börsen Terminkalender
Fotografie-Boerse.DE
Wuerzburger Foto Versand
Wuerzbuerger Foto Versand II
Film Art
Brenner Foto Versand
New York Camera
Foto Mayr
Audiophil Foto
Isar Foto
Isar Foto Second Hand
FotoTec
Foto Undi
ColorFoto Gebraucht-Börse
Profi-Foto
Foto-Line
Info-Serve
Uni-Bremen Second-Hand Overview
Monochrom
Foto Impex
Foto Oehling
NordFoto Versand
NordFoto's outdated film & paper discounter
AC-Foto
Fotografie (Swiss, nice panorama section!)
Calumet.DE
FotoMagazin.DE
Large list of links to online German photoshops, used & new gear!
German Museum Mailinglist @ Deutsches.Historisches.Museum
(a possible new home for rare/large/heavy objects no one wants!) (or can handle....;))
Several Dutch used-equipment shops & auction sites:
Fotografica Beurs Kalender @Fotografica.NL
Fotografica Beurs Kalender @Home.HetNet.NL
Foto Oosterbaan
Kamera Express
Kamera Express #2
Foto Abro
Foto Combi
Foto Konijnenberg
Foto Konijnenberg
Foto Kiekie
Foto Kiekie
Brooklyn Camera
OCE
?
Capi
Foka
Tjerk de Jong
Phoenix
Foto Elshout
TeleFoto
ObjektiefVak
CapiLuxVak
FotoApparatuur.NL
FotoBeurs.COM
Foto.2ehands.NL
List of Dutch camera shops & second-hand sites @XS4all.NL/~Wiskerke
Belgian used-equipment shops:
Foto Art
Other interesting Dutch shops:
DeFotoPagina.NL (nice range of accessories, like exotic binoculars & light-tables
Where to get the cheapest prints from digital images:
Prijsvergelijk digitale afdrukken @ElCheapo.NL
Aerial monopod photography in Holland, shooting at 16-23m altitude:
HighLens.NL
OttoMatic.NL
Miscellaneous Non-Photo Links
More calculators and conversion-tools than you need in a lifetime:
Calculator/Converter Walhalla
Unit conversion page @Tedanderson.COM
Do a search in zillions of patents:
Patents Site (formerly IBM)
For an overview of thousands of other mailinglists:
Overview @liszt.com
Overview @listserv.nodak.edu
Overview @sri.com
Stephanie da Silva's overview
Law Guru
Tile Net
eGroups
OneList
ListQuest (mainly photo)
ListBot
How to trace spammers and their actual uplinks (.com/net/org):
RS.Internic.NET
NIC
Likewise for the rest of Europe:
Ripe
How to find someones email address:
edirectory
four11
IAF
thesite
whowhere
A nice engine for translating texts:
Translation Service
How to create a Usenet newsgroup, by Jon Bell:
Newsgroup Creation