Originally Posted by
loonatic45414
I think I know what he's hitting upon. Not all lenses transmit UV light from the source equally. Nikon, for example, makes UV lenses costing well up into the thousands.
Their cheap little 50mm enlarger lenses seem to transmit very well, and more than 1 website says to adapt it for camera use if you want a cheap way of playing with UV photography.
I believe, however, the answer is this... film base transmission of UV light is essential for the printing process but does little, if nothing, at the exposure stage.
Would that be accurate?
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