Do you live near me and own equipment capable of doing ultraviolet photography? (Best I can tell, Keeble & Shuchat doesn't rent out UV-capable lenses, but I haven't made an exhaustive search.)
Hummingbird feeders doctored up to look more attractive to creatures that see ultraviolet. I know many insects see near-ultraviolet, and I know some flowers are much more interesting in the ultraviolet range than in the visible alone, but I don't know whether hummingbirds see those cues. It's a biology experiment: which feeder do the hummingbirds like?)
Maybe. This is all in the brainstorming stage. Having something that could record images would be cool for the report: "feeder 7 looked the most interesting in UV (see figure 4)" or the like. But this is only one question of many I'd have to answer. Obvious others include how to doctor up a hummingbird feeder to look interesting in UV. :-)
Nope. The only lens I've ever seen reviewed that handles UV at all was about $4500. I think the reviewer (Lloyd Chambers of digLloyd) is local to us, but I've never met him..
The whole quartz lens concept seems like it would be beaucoup bucks no matter how you slice it. There's probably a narrow niche of demand, too, so I'm not surprised they're hard to find for rent.
aren't there camera rental stores that let you rent high end lenses? a professional photographer friend rents specialty stuff for special occasions. he says the price isn't too bad compared to make a huge investment.
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