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Enhancing infrared-sensing capability of an ordinary camera to analyze paintings.
(Top) Visible-light photo of “Family Portrait” by Lorenzo Lotto, painted in 1523 or 1524. (Bottom) Infrared photo of “Family Portrait.”
Analyzing paintings with infrared light has been a cumbersome task, but simple modifications to a digital camera could give art historians new insight. Charles F. Falco, professor of optical sciences at the University of Arizona (U.S.A.), enhanced the infrared-sensing capability of an ordinary camera to look deeper into paint pigments (Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 071301).
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