April 2025

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Frank probably used the AFS version, which is the current model. I have this plus the older manual 200/2 AIS, the latter is also very good however the modern version is stellar.

Thanks Birna

[Bruno Schroder]

Suffice it to say the other cars around did not show this pattern - or colours.

Local condition then. I was lightly hoping for a case of UV metamerism

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Too big for her

[Fons Baerken]

I'm a painter, not a photography expert, but it seems to be an interesting lens. I don't know the model or age.

Hi Arturo show us some of your paintings!

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Hi Arturo show us some of your paintings!

Hello, it's a screen print.

[Fons Baerken]

Love this Arturo!

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Love this Arturo!

Thanks. The other day I painted a writer from Madrid. Author of Historias del Kronen

[Birna Rørslett]

Local condition then. I was lightly hoping for a case of UV metamerism

That is exactly the point. The Tesla is black to the naked eye, but definitively two-coloured under UV. Could be a paint job after a damage, or something that is common to the model. The latter needs more samples to verify, of course.

[KarlMera]

Two friends

[John Geerts]

Great stuff, Arturo.

Oaks under sand

D5 24-70vr

[Øivind Tøien]

That is exactly the point. The Tesla is black to the naked eye, but definitively two-coloured under UV. Could be a paint job after a damage, or something that is common to the model. The latter needs more samples to verify, of course.

Could it be reflections, perhaps form the sky, enhanced by the UV rendition? As I recall UV tends to enhance surface reflections.
The symbolism is pretty clear though.   

[Birna Rørslett]

I did shoot nearby cars, also black ones, and none of these showed any metamerism under UV. The captures were within a short time span, too.

It is indeed true that UV enhances surface reflections, thus alternate interpretations might be in effect. I need to seek out a couple more Teslas to check their UV appearance. Shouldn't be too hard as they are pretty thick around here. Tesla paintwork does have a reputation of being poorly conducted. Not uncommon to observe refurbished Teslas.

[Bruno Schroder]

Now I’m thinking about resurrecting the D40 and finding a UV filter to shoot the neighbor’s Tesla …   Which filter did you use ?

[Birna Rørslett]

Baader U -- standard UV approach. Camera was one of my full-spectrum modified GH2 bodies and lens the Coastal/Jenoptik 60mm f/4 APO. But you ought to get something out of most vintage 50mm lenses with the D40, if memory serves.

[Bruno Schroder]

I have a 35/3.5 Kuribayashi somewhere, which has good transmission if I remembrer well, but I need to procure the UV filter.