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Template:Infobox Digicam The FinePix IS Pro is a digital single lens reflex camera introduced by Fujifilm in 2007. It is based on a FinePix S5 Pro, which is in turn based on the Nikon D200. It has a Nikon F lens mount and can use most lenses made for 35 mm Nikon SLR cameras. It replaces the Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro UVIR.

Unlike most digital cameras, there is no IR or UV filtering in front of the image sensor. This results in a wide spectral response of approximately 1000nm to 380nm (infrared to ultraviolet. Suitable external bandpass filters are required to photograph in IR or UV wavelengths. Infrared filters are readily available at low cost from many sources, but ultraviolet filters - and suitable lenses - remain expensive.

The IS Pro was originally intended for specialist markets like forensic investigation, medical, museum and fine art. FujiFilm generally restricts the sale of these cameras to professional users in these and similar fields; their EULA specifically prohibits "unethical photographic conduct".[1] Very few have ever gone on open public sale, although some were made available via dealers at closeout prices in fall 2010.

Photography in infrared and ultraviolet poses its own special challenges regarding exposure and - above all - focussing a SLR camera. By definition, you can't see what you're doing when trying to focus on wavelengths of light that are invisible. The IS Pro includes a Live View mode that relays what the sensor sees as live video to the LCD screen (and, optionally, via USB to a computer runnning appropriate software). Some lenses have separate IR focus index marks, which help, but few if any have UV marks. True ultraviolet photographic lenses are generally made from special glass because normal optical glass doesn't pass UV particularly well.


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References

  1. ^ Fujifilm IS-1 web page including EULA


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