The following table shows various films and filter plots for use in ultraviolet photography. 2E 1A Glass Dashed lines indicate speculated sensitivity. When better data is available these film sensitivity plots will be updated. Glass used in lenses cuts nearly all ultraviolet light with wavelengths below about 280 nanometers. Expensive quartz lenses must be used to photograph in the UV range below 300 nanometers.
Most panchromatic films are sensitive to ultraviolet light.
The simpler and less expensive way to shoot ultraviolet photos is to shoot two frames of the same scene - one with a UV cutting filter and the other without. Subtracting the digitized images in an image editor will isolate the ultraviolet portions of the image. The 2E, 2A, 2B and 1A series of UV cutting filters offer a range of upper cutoff wavelengths. Design by Ulla Zang . The equipment reviewed on this site can be purchased at .