Extra-Sensory Perception

You know, our eyes have a very narrow visible light band ranging from 400 to 700 nm and the same principle applies to your DSLR/DSR camera. Although silicon-based sensors (CCD and CMOS) are sensitive to detect wavelength up to around 1200 nm, there are filters to get rid of UV (ultra violet) and IR (infrared) sitting in front of the sensor.

My old camera, Olympus C-2020Z, which I bought at Yahoo Auctions ($5 bucks!!!), makes it possible to photograph infrared (but almost all the visible light is cut off = no colors). The previous owner customized it to photograph infrared.

This is probably how bugs see the world through their own eyes!!!

And the image below is taken by Sigma DP1s (FOVEON sensor). That's how we see our world.

This is a Skywatch Friday entry.