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Re: [Digital BW] Interesting comment re UV filtering

2006-04-01 by Steve Kale

If you get the chance take a look at the Denglass stuff.  Quite amazing.


> From: Paul Roark <paul.roark@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:59:05 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Interesting comment re UV filtering
> 
>> ...
>> Ordinary glass will apparently filter approximately 40-45% of UV light.
>> ...
> 
> And that may understate the actual difference between indoor and outdoor
> display in terms of fading.  My understanding is that glass is opaque to the
> shorter UV wavelengths, and those are the most damaging.  Acrylic apparently
> blocks even further up the wavelength scale (and is more colorless than at
> least cheap glass).
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com

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