Hello 👋 I am really enjoying learnng about UV photography Ive recently fallen into fascination with all teh marvelous mushrooms 🍄 growing all around us on my daily dog wlaks. Im designing a black box to use so i can photograph them in the field and only have my phone camera 🤳 and a very low budget so What if i started out with a cheap & cheerful UV torch and perhaps place some purple/deep blue coloured gels over the light 🤔 Wold that help block out the light? I dont even know if the mushrooms will glow but I have a feeling they're hiding some real magnificent beauty ✨️ 😍 I have spare blackout material that i can use to create a mobole dark room so I'm gonna give it a try & maybe grab a hold of a few dark gels (stage lighting colour filters) and test it out at least. Thanks so much for these very informative videos 📹 I feel like ive learned enough to at least try to capture the magical mushrooms of the Irish bogland 😊
Wow. Didn't realize this was an ad(I usually click off at ads and branded videos) because I hate 'being sold to'. Good directing and writing, really hammers out why your product is better than off the shelf UV bulbs and is definitely more informative and entertaining than a dreaded *sales* video the marketing team whips up and expects to be on their desk within an hour. Consider me a customer, this is actually what I was looking for for my own UV setup. Video idea: super macro with microscope objectives. Crazy shots but the gap between the subject and 'lens' can be in the millimeters. Not even a single mm, sometimes. Those directional bendy arms are going to get some good use.
Hi Ben. This explains a lot. It also goes a long way to explaining just what you are paying for when you purchase one of the Adaptalux Studios. Like the old saying goes, "You get what you pay for!" Cheers.
Hi Ben,, this is my FAVOURITE topic!! your explanation of UV makes more sense to me now. I do have the LED UV torches, and quickly worked out their limitations,, so to work with the problem, I often have a dimmed white light in the background to give the flower some colour, and focus the UV on the centre of the flower. They dO glow enough for a pretty result and it is a great way to learn and experiment with UV. (I’m still saving for the adaptalux system too... one day 🤞🏻) stay safe,, Andrea (Australia)😁
Hi Andrea, glad the explanation in this one resonated with you. Glad to hear you were able to experiment and get a bit of fluorescence with your flashlights. You can certainly start to add in a little bit of visible light in a controlled way if you can keep the fluorescence exposed well too, glad it's working out for you! Thanks for watching!
Thanks Ben I have been playing with UV shots for a couple of months(after seeing your Video) and the little blue light dots drive me crazy, you also did not say this it also works as a Disinfection. Thanks Matte
Although I'm sure it has a disinfectant quality to it, I don't know enough about the germ killing properties of uv light to comment on it. I certainly wouldn't rely on it for that purpose, but every little helps these days i suppose!
Yes, you can do this with only one arm, though you will likely get quite harsh shadows. Two or more would be preferable to get even lighting and better settings.
We don't have plans to make a stand alone uv flashlight right now. We're macro photographers after all, and out current uv arms are s great solution for close up work.
Hi Thierry, not sure what you mean by reducing the exposition. There is no need for a modified camera with this kind of UV as we only intend to capture the visible light created by the subject, not the UV itself.
@@thierryferrando7663 a full spectrum camera would capture the UV light too, but I'm not sure what the results would be like or if you would get better settings.
cracking video, but unfortunately we can't all afford the cost of the lighting arms used, so we have to make do, as just starting out and cannot justify the cost of the arms you sell, but i did enjoy the video
True, but if you want pure UV light there will always be expense involved to filter out the visible light. The important thing is that you have fun and are pleased with the results one way or another.
Je suis désolé pour le manque de sous-titres, il y a un problème avec TH-cam les générant automatiquement comme d'habitude. Je travaille dessus, ils seront peut-être bientôt disponibles. I'm sorry for the lack of subtitles, there is a problem with TH-cam auto-generating them as normal. I'm working on it, they may be available soon.
How many UV lighting arms are being used? Seeing a couple of your UV videos it looks like a single UV arm isn't sufficient? What would a minimum be practically speaking?
Great question. In the shots here, I used 2. I have used 3 for previous flowers. When it comes to single arms, the drawbacks are similar to regular light. Single light setups tend to produce a lot of shadows, and this will apply to UV too. Using multiple arms is less about getting more power and more about having multi-directional UV light to fill shadows from one another. 2 arms is usually enough to fill most of the shadows cast by petals etc, but more directions and more power is always a plus.
@@Adaptalux thanks for the info, that is really helpful. I think there is a boost mode on the latest hub thing, does that work with the UV arms and how much difference does that make? Does it reduce the lifespan of the arms?
Yep, Boost mode comes with all of the new Pods and it makes a big difference for UV, adding a lot more power from each arm. Using it doesn't reduce the lifespan of the arm in any noticeable way, but it will drain the battery faster.
You dont talk about the nm range of any of your light sources... im guessing the big torch is 395nm and your small is 365nm? Is that what youre classing as 'pure uv'?
Ours is 365nm yes, so idea for the torch but by the amount of visible light it certainly strays over 400nm. That's what I'm taking about when I mean pure, there's no visible light to contaminate the uvivf images.
I did lay-in to some of the other UV options out there in this video, but there are alternatives. Unfortunately, the manufacturing costs of band-pass filters are high across the board so any pure uv source has to take this into account!
i'm very bad at english, but i'm going to pause a question I have a spectrum camera I use it today for infrared mainly but I hesitate to launch myself into the uv I thought I understood that uv filter can pass infrared color, and some you have to buy filter that blocks other color than ultra violet in addition to the uv filter does the hoya360nm prevent the passage of other colors or it is also necessary to buy another filter to block the ir and normal colors thank you
This video is only about UVIVF photography which doesn't require any camera modifications or filters other than those found on the light source. You will need to cut out other spectrums if you plan to modify your own light source, especially a flash with will produce a lot of IR too.
@@Adaptalux I used to have just one infrared camera, for a few years now I have two Spectrum cameras this Christmas season at Koloravision an ultraviolet bandwidth filter.... and ultraviolet or infrared flash...... As much as I know infrared I know very well, I don't know ultraviolet at all......
So, essentially, couldn't you just put a band pass filter on any flashlight that generates genuine UV? Obviously the quality/amount of the UV is dependent on the quality of flashlight, you get what you pay for kinda thing, but the concept seems the same.
Indeed, you would probably find that the amount of uv left after adding the filter would be quite minimal in most cheaper flashlights like the one we used here. The cost of a good band pass filter large enough to cover all those LEDs would also be astronomical. I think most people opt for much smaller flashlights to ballance the cost of the filter, or go the flash route with also involves adding a filter to a full spectrum flash, but you likely then need two to cut out infrared too.
one of the good things about your system are the constant videos and ideas on how to use them keep them coming.
Glad you are enjoying the videos John, lots more to come!
Hello 👋 I am really enjoying learnng about UV photography
Ive recently fallen into fascination with all teh marvelous mushrooms 🍄 growing all around us on my daily dog wlaks. Im designing a black box to use so i can photograph them in the field and only have my phone camera 🤳 and a very low budget so What if i started out with a cheap & cheerful UV torch and perhaps place some purple/deep blue coloured gels over the light 🤔 Wold that help block out the light? I dont even know if the mushrooms will glow but I have a feeling they're hiding some real magnificent beauty ✨️ 😍
I have spare blackout material that i can use to create a mobole dark room so I'm gonna give it a try & maybe grab a hold of a few dark gels (stage lighting colour filters) and test it out at least. Thanks so much for these very informative videos 📹 I feel like ive learned enough to at least try to capture the magical mushrooms of the Irish bogland 😊
Wow. Didn't realize this was an ad(I usually click off at ads and branded videos) because I hate 'being sold to'. Good directing and writing, really hammers out why your product is better than off the shelf UV bulbs and is definitely more informative and entertaining than a dreaded *sales* video the marketing team whips up and expects to be on their desk within an hour.
Consider me a customer, this is actually what I was looking for for my own UV setup. Video idea: super macro with microscope objectives. Crazy shots but the gap between the subject and 'lens' can be in the millimeters. Not even a single mm, sometimes. Those directional bendy arms are going to get some good use.
Hi Ben. This explains a lot. It also goes a long way to explaining just what you are paying for when you purchase one of the Adaptalux Studios. Like the old saying goes, "You get what you pay for!" Cheers.
I'm glad the explanation came across well to you Ash!
I have a set of Adaptalux UV lights as well as a gemology UV flashlight with four VERY LUGE BLACK lenses (i.e., pure UV for gem identification).
Hi Ben,, this is my FAVOURITE topic!! your explanation of UV makes more sense to me now. I do have the LED UV torches, and quickly worked out their limitations,, so to work with the problem, I often have a dimmed white light in the background to give the flower some colour, and focus the UV on the centre of the flower. They dO glow enough for a pretty result and it is a great way to learn and experiment with UV. (I’m still saving for the adaptalux system too... one day 🤞🏻) stay safe,, Andrea (Australia)😁
Hi Andrea, glad the explanation in this one resonated with you. Glad to hear you were able to experiment and get a bit of fluorescence with your flashlights. You can certainly start to add in a little bit of visible light in a controlled way if you can keep the fluorescence exposed well too, glad it's working out for you! Thanks for watching!
Spot on.
Thanks Ben I have been playing with UV shots for a couple of months(after seeing your Video) and the little blue light dots drive me crazy, you also did not say this it also works as a Disinfection. Thanks Matte
Although I'm sure it has a disinfectant quality to it, I don't know enough about the germ killing properties of uv light to comment on it. I certainly wouldn't rely on it for that purpose, but every little helps these days i suppose!
Great video, thanks for explaining why my UV torch is not effective. Would one UV lighting arm be enough for flowers and fruit?
Yes, you can do this with only one arm, though you will likely get quite harsh shadows. Two or more would be preferable to get even lighting and better settings.
Very well explained Ben. The spider photo was amazing! Hopefully he had his UV blocking glasses on LOL!!
One of the first shots we took with the uv arms several years ago, need to go hunting for creepy crawlies in the dark again soon.
have you guys thought about making a high output UV light not related to the adaptalux kits but a stand alone unit?
We don't have plans to make a stand alone uv flashlight right now. We're macro photographers after all, and out current uv arms are s great solution for close up work.
Very interesting demonstration and product. But what about using a full spectrum converted DSLR to reduce the exposition ?
Hi Thierry, not sure what you mean by reducing the exposition. There is no need for a modified camera with this kind of UV as we only intend to capture the visible light created by the subject, not the UV itself.
@@Adaptalux thanks for your answer and sorry for my approximation. I wanted to talk about reduce exposure time.
@@thierryferrando7663 a full spectrum camera would capture the UV light too, but I'm not sure what the results would be like or if you would get better settings.
@@Adaptalux thanks, so it will be interesting to compare, just have to wait for my modified camera and purchase your product 👍
Thanks for your great great information ☺️
You are most welcome, thanks for watching!
cracking video, but unfortunately we can't all afford the cost of the lighting arms used, so we have to make do, as just starting out and cannot justify the cost of the arms you sell, but i did enjoy the video
True, but if you want pure UV light there will always be expense involved to filter out the visible light. The important thing is that you have fun and are pleased with the results one way or another.
Je suis étonné de l'absence de sous titres
I am amazed at the lack of a subtitle. It is a very pleasant plus and especially in all languages
Je suis désolé pour le manque de sous-titres, il y a un problème avec TH-cam les générant automatiquement comme d'habitude. Je travaille dessus, ils seront peut-être bientôt disponibles.
I'm sorry for the lack of subtitles, there is a problem with TH-cam auto-generating them as normal. I'm working on it, they may be available soon.
les sous-titres sont maintenant disponibles!
How many UV lighting arms are being used? Seeing a couple of your UV videos it looks like a single UV arm isn't sufficient? What would a minimum be practically speaking?
Great question. In the shots here, I used 2. I have used 3 for previous flowers.
When it comes to single arms, the drawbacks are similar to regular light. Single light setups tend to produce a lot of shadows, and this will apply to UV too. Using multiple arms is less about getting more power and more about having multi-directional UV light to fill shadows from one another. 2 arms is usually enough to fill most of the shadows cast by petals etc, but more directions and more power is always a plus.
@@Adaptalux thanks for the info, that is really helpful. I think there is a boost mode on the latest hub thing, does that work with the UV arms and how much difference does that make? Does it reduce the lifespan of the arms?
Yep, Boost mode comes with all of the new Pods and it makes a big difference for UV, adding a lot more power from each arm. Using it doesn't reduce the lifespan of the arm in any noticeable way, but it will drain the battery faster.
Thanks👍
Thanks for watching!
What is the peak wavelength of the UV LED you folks use?
330nm
You dont talk about the nm range of any of your light sources... im guessing the big torch is 395nm and your small is 365nm? Is that what youre classing as 'pure uv'?
Ours is 365nm yes, so idea for the torch but by the amount of visible light it certainly strays over 400nm. That's what I'm taking about when I mean pure, there's no visible light to contaminate the uvivf images.
I wish i could afford the adaptalux, but it's so expensive. Too bad.
I did lay-in to some of the other UV options out there in this video, but there are alternatives. Unfortunately, the manufacturing costs of band-pass filters are high across the board so any pure uv source has to take this into account!
@@Adaptalux technically you could just use any uv flashlight, i still consider it under uvif photography since you are still using uv and flouresence.
i'm very bad at english, but i'm going to pause a question
I have a spectrum camera I use it today for infrared mainly
but I hesitate to launch myself into the uv
I thought I understood that uv filter can pass infrared color, and some you have to buy filter that blocks other color than ultra violet in addition to the uv filter
does the hoya360nm prevent the passage of other colors or it is also necessary to buy another filter to block the ir and normal colors
thank you
This video is only about UVIVF photography which doesn't require any camera modifications or filters other than those found on the light source. You will need to cut out other spectrums if you plan to modify your own light source, especially a flash with will produce a lot of IR too.
@@Adaptalux I used to have just one infrared camera, for a few years now I have two Spectrum cameras this Christmas season at Koloravision an ultraviolet bandwidth filter.... and ultraviolet or infrared flash...... As much as I know infrared I know very well, I don't know ultraviolet at all......
So, essentially, couldn't you just put a band pass filter on any flashlight that generates genuine UV? Obviously the quality/amount of the UV is dependent on the quality of flashlight, you get what you pay for kinda thing, but the concept seems the same.
Indeed, you would probably find that the amount of uv left after adding the filter would be quite minimal in most cheaper flashlights like the one we used here. The cost of a good band pass filter large enough to cover all those LEDs would also be astronomical. I think most people opt for much smaller flashlights to ballance the cost of the filter, or go the flash route with also involves adding a filter to a full spectrum flash, but you likely then need two to cut out infrared too.
Gotcha. Thanks for the reply and the clarification. There's honestly a lot that goes into stuff like this that I never knew about.