Other non visible light filters?

[Avotius]

On occasion I like to play with my el cheapo infrared filter on my digital camera.

Are there other non visible light filters out there?

 

[bsdunek]

Guess you could go to the other end of the spectrum and use a filter that only passes UV light. What we normally buy as a "UV Filter", actuelly filters out UV light, but this one will filter out visible light.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/189949-REG/Rosco_120336507508_Permacolor_UV_Woods.html

 

[sevo]

Guess you could go to the other end of the spectrum and use a filter that only passes UV light. What we normally buy as a "UV Filter", actuelly filters out UV light, but this one will filter out visible light.

As optical glass is opaque to UV, you will need a special (and very expensive, especially if you want a Leica mount one) lens to accompany such a filter...

So no, there is no other non-visual band accessible to casual photography.

 

[Avotius]

I see there are people that have played around with UV photography without getting into those expensive lenses with just basic materials.

 

[sevo]

I see there are people that have played around with UV photography without getting into those expensive lenses with just basic materials.

That will be fluorescence photography (where you'd use a regular UV blocking filter, on a regular lens, with UV illumination). Or, as a affordable path to real UV photography, pinholes, or plastics meniscus lenses.

 

[Rob-F]

There's a Hasselblad lens that passes ultraviolet light. It doesn't block visible light, but it is made out of quartz rather than glass so that it doesn't cut off in the UV range, as glass does. It's pricey!

 

[bsdunek]

Try these guys - they have some interesting filters.
http://www.edmundoptics.com/optics/...s-filters/colored-glass-bandpass-filters/1924

Also check out a Hoya U-330. Passes IR and UV and blocks visible light. Don't know how that works but it is interesting.