SD1 Aerochrome for Sale

SD1 Aerochrome for Sale

I’ve decided to thin out my camera collection, so I’m offering my Sigma SD1 Aerochrome for sale. If you’ve followed this blog, you already know that this setup…

Quad-band filter sky

Weather Drama

The weather this June has been extreme and seems to know no middle ground. Many days have brought intense heat during the day, followed by violent storms in…

4-band tilt

Tilting Away the Ghosts

The filter tilt approach actually works. The setup is nothing sophisticated—I simply hold the filter in front of the lens with a small gap at the bottom, roughly…

Purple Quad-band

Purple Haze

Nothing major—just wanted to share a few more photos taken with the quad-band filter. This time I used only the quad-band filter together with an IR reducer (GRB1).…

Quad-band filter Light Blob

Quad-Band and Light Blobs

I’ve written before about the strange light artifacts appearing in some of my quad-band images: diffuse light blobs above or beside bright streetlights. The effect is especially noticeable…

Quad-band filter VIS night

Quad-Band After Dark

I headed out after dark with the quad-band filter and hot mirror to see what kind of images I could capture. The results were interesting, with landscapes taking…

4-Band VIS (Hot mirror Sigma)

Dog Days & Deep Greens

We’re right in the middle of the dog days here in Switzerland. Around 30°C inside the studio, probably closer to 40°C out in direct sunlight — definitely too…

IR Polarizer Hack

IR Polarizer Hack

Just a quick hack. I came across this again while experimenting with a red-vegetation formula. This is mainly for photographers who enjoy specific false-color infrared looks that rely…

Pink woods

Pink woods

A narrow road winds through a dense forest where the foliage is rendered in vivid pink tones, with soft, filtered light and a pale blue sky visible through…

Purple Trees Infrared

Purple Front Update

There’s a bit of news from the Purple front. I’ve tested a new filter that looks promising. It has a unusual transmission curve for a standard color filter.…

Notch experiments

Notch Filter Experiments

So here’s a post that might not look very exciting at first. The first half feels a bit more like work, but if you scroll down, there’s something…

Moonlight Green Infrared

The Moonlight Veil

There are a few great places in and around Thun that can only be visited on Sundays. Otherwise it would be illegal. I’m referring to areas within the…

Lucid Blue IR

Lucid Blue Wanderings

Sometimes there’s nothing better than wandering through side streets and hidden alleys, discovering new perspectives along the way. Out exploring the city with a custom false-color IR Nikon…

SD1 False Color IR

Midday Along the Aare

A place is not always “good”, whether for lingering or for photographing. Different factors shape it, and they are never quite the same. Above all, the weather, but…

SD1 Greatness

Some More SD1 Greatness

No words this time – let the images speak for themselves. Only this: I recommend focusing manually. Maybe it’s something inherent to the SD1 itself, or perhaps it’s…

SD1 Aerochrome CWB

SD1 Aerochrome again

I got a Sigma SD1 again. Those who’ve followed this blog longer know: for digital Aerochrome it’s still the only camera that delivers the full palette — including…

TB550/660/850

TB550/660/850 for Sale

Good news for all Aerochrome enthusiasts: I’ve got some TB550/660/850 Triple Bandpass filters available again. If you’ve been waiting to recreate that authentic digital Aerochrome look – pink…

Triple Bandpass Night

Magic in the Visible Realm

The Black Trees combo showed me something fundamental: there is magic not only in infrared and UV, but also in the visible spectrum. By using filters that transmit…

Black Trees conversion

Shipping Again

For a while, international shipping became complicated due to changing customs rules, especially for small private sellers. Parcels were delayed, returned, or hit with unpredictable fees, which made…

Cuba in IR

Cold War Cuba in IR

Few films look like I Am Cuba (1964). Shot by Sergey Urusevsky, the Soviet–Cuban production used infrared film stock to give tropical landscapes a surreal, shimmering quality: palm…