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FLUORESCENCE PHOTOGRAPHY

Authors: Prof. Robin Williams and Gigi Williams

The Sodium Fluorescein Technique:
Practical working method - recommendations

Almost all applications of the sodium fluorescein technique will require some experimentation in order to get satisfactory records but the following table will give some starting point:

Method Ultraviolet Fuorescence Control
Film Ektachrome P800/1600 Ektachrome 100 or similar
Processing E-6d E-6
Filter 47 and 12Y None
Lens 105mm Micro Nikkor 105mm Micro Nikkor
Focus Shift Not necessary Not necessary
Light Source Studio flash SB-140 Studio flash SB-140
Exposures f4 f2.8 to f4 Meter as usual Full Power
1:10  f11
1:8  f11/16
1:4  f16
1:2  f22
1:1  f22

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