Quick Bits

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Tips and tools for digital diversions.

By Charles Platt and Mark Frauenfelder

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Illustration by Tim Lillis

OFF-THE-SHELF INFRARED

If you want to shoot mood photos like those in Richard Kadrey’s feature on page 50, but you lack the time or patience to seek out vintage cameras with unimpaired infrared capability, an exciting new option is the Fuji Finepix IS-1.

Unlike any camera of comparable quality, this 9-megapixel digital SLR is being marketed with its IR sensitivity fully active. Simply screw in a deep-IR filter such as the Tiffen 87, ...

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