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© Images SI, Inc. 109 Woods of Arden Road, Staten Island NY 10312 718.966.3694 Tel. www.imagesco.com Safety Precautions ReadThisFirst Warning: Kirliandevicesareveryhighvoltagecontactprintphotographydevices. Allhighvoltagedevicesarepotentiallydangerousandmustbeoperatedwith extremecaution. Donotattempttooperatethisdevicewithoutreadingthe instructions. Disclaimer: ImagesSIInc.oritsaffiliatesassumenoresponsibilityfordamages consequentialorinconsequentialorincidentalfortheuseormisuseoftheKirlian photographyapparatus.Imagesmakesnowarranties,expressedorimpliedtothe fitnessofthisdeviceforanyparticularpurposeotherthanthatwhichislistedherein. Safety Precautions A) Thisequipmentshouldnotbeusedbychildrenoranyonenotfamiliarwithnormal safetyprecautionstobeusedaroundelectricalequipment. B) Donotoperatetheapparatusinthepresenceofanyonewithimplantedinductive devicesorelectrodessuchasaheartpacemakerequipment. C) Useapairofglasslensedsunglasseswhenviewingthecoronadischargeifyoudo notwearglasses.Commonglassabsorbstheshortwaveultravioletrayswhichcan causeeyeirritation. D) Donotoperatetheequipmentifthereisanyevidenceofdamagetothedischarge plateoritsdielectricmaterial. E) Limitskinexposuretocoronadischargetoabout1minuteaday.Note:Atingling sensationorslightshockcanbefeltwhentouchingthedischargeplateoranobject onthedischargeplate.ThisisinherentinthistypeofKirliandevice. F) Useinaventilatedareatopreventozonebuild-up.Ifmultipleexposuresaredone inarelativelyshortperiodoftimewithgoodventilation,ozoneconcentrationsof0.5 to1.0PPMcouldproducethroatirritation. 2 Contents Safety Precautions 2 Before You Start Section 1 4 Short History of KirlianPhotography Section 2 7 Instructions For Use Section 3 12 Sheet Film Section 4 14 Color Polaroid Sheet Film Section 5 15 Using Standard Lens Cameras; Digital, Film and Video Section 6 20 Grounding for Transparent Discharge Plate 3 KirlianPhotography –A Short History 1 Thebeginningofelectro-photographycanbetracedbacktothe late1700s.Inthistimeperiod,GeorgChristophLichtenberg appearstohavebeenthefirsttoobserveelectrophotographs. Lichtenbergmade note of his observation of pictures made in dust created by static electricity and electric sparks. In the photograph to the right, Lichtenbergsparks frozen in plastic. Nicola Tesla (1880) photographed many corona discharges using his famous Tesla coil. In the early 1900s, Russian Engineer and electrical researcher YakovNarkevich-Todka exhibited interesting electro-photographs he made. A little later, but around the same time, Dr. F. Strong of Tufts University Medical School used a Tesla coil to make electrophotographs of his hand. RussianResearcherSemyonDavidovichKirlianandhiswifeValentinabegantheir workwithhigh-voltagephotographybyaccidentin1939.SemyonKirlianwasan electricalrepairmaninthecityofKrasnodar.Hehadbeencalledtodoarepairata localresearchinstitute.Whileattheinstitute,hehappenedtoseeademonstration ofahighfrequencydeviceusedforelectrotherapy.Asapatientunderwent treatmentKirliannoticedsmallflashesoflightbetweenthepatient’sskinandthe machine’sglasselectrode.Kirlianwonderedifhecouldphotographthatlight.Kirlian substitutedametalelectrodefortheglassoneusedinthemachinetoprevent exposingthefilmtolight.Then,usinghimselfasasubject,hewasableto photographthecoronadischarge. Kirliancollaboratedwithhiswifeforover30years,developingequipmentand studyingelectro-photographs.Theymadeinstrumentstoexaminehigh-frequency currentsonlivingtissueaswellasoninanimatematerials. TheKirlians’workwashighlightedinabookpublishedintheUnitedStatesin1970 titled‘PsychicDiscoveriesBehindtheIronCurtain’,bySheilaOstranderandLynn Schroeder.ThisiswhereIaswellasmanyothersfirstlearnedofelectro-photography. Theirworkbecamesowellknown,thatelectro-photographyfromthatpointon becameknownasKirlianphotography. 4 Medical Diagnostic Tool? Manyparanormalclaimsweremadeconcerningthe resultingimages.TheKirlians’themselvesclaimed thatthistypeofphotographycouldbeusedasa medical diagnostic tool. Stating that disease in subjectsshownasamodifiedordisruptedpatternof discharge, before obvious symptoms became manifested in the subject. Naturally this claim generatedmuchinterestinthiscountry. KeepinmindthatmostoftheobservableKirlian phenomenathat’sbeenreporteddoesnotrequire any paranormal or new bio-plasma field to be explained. Forexample,stressinthe"actoflying" canbedetectedusingaliedetectorthat measures thechangeinaperson'sgalvanicskinresistance. Stress caused by lying may also be seen in a Kirlian photograph as a change in the corona discharge (aura). However this change in the corona discharge is easily explained by the change in a person's skin resistance. Anditfollowsthatmuchofthephenomenaclaimedtobeparanormalbysome Kirlianresearcherscanbeexplainedbyemployingknownphysicallaws,likechanges insubjectsskinresistancewhichcanbeduetofactorslike;stress,illness,fatigue, alcoholconsumption,etc.Someothervariablefactorsinfluencingtheresulting Kirlianpictureincludetheobject'spressureagainstfilm,humidity,airpressure, voltage,frequency,andexposuretime. HoweverthemostinterestingofalltheKirlianclaimsisknownasthe"phantomleaf" experiment.Hereasmallportionofaleafiscutoff;theleafisthenphotographed usingKirlianphotography.Inasmallpercentageofcasesthecutportionoftheleaf appearsinthephotographasaghostlyapparition.Theappearanceofthecutportion oftheleaf,asclaimedbytheSovietresearchersisproofofanetherealbio-plasma body. AlthoughafewKirlianresearchershaveclaimedtoduplicatethephantomleaf experimentintheirownlabs,themostreportedsuccessfulresults(phantomleaf photographs)arefromSovietresearchers.Theexactexperimentalparameters (voltage,frequency,etc)neededtoobtainphantomleafsareeithernotavailableor didn'tworkforme. 5 Section -1 Kirlian Photography –A Short History Phantom Leaf Experiment Phantomleafphotographsareveryeasytofakeusingabasicdoubleexposure technique.Takeashortexposureoftheentireleaf.Stoptheexposure,cutoffasmall sectionoftheleaf,andthencontinuetheexposure.Intheresultingphotographthe removedsectionoftheleafwillappearasadistinctghostlyimage,aphantom. Robert Wagner of the University of California, Long Beach, on April 29, 1975 show that the "phantom effect" was obtained. The author did more than 539 attempts before getting the desired picture. The leaf recently picked was exposed 0.7 seconds at a voltage of 50kV by 330kHz. These parameters were always the same for all the pictures WhetherKirlianphotographsareshowingussomethingnewornottheyareuniqueand oftentimesbeautiful.YoumayuseKirlianphotographytoexplorethephenomenaor takebeautifulpictures.Proofofthephantomleafeffect,ifitexists,wouldbeginanew paradigminbothphysicsandbiology.Kirlianphotographyhasthepotentialforbecoming adiagnostictool(bothbiologicalandindustrial). Standard 35 mm camera & colorfilm Digital camera image. Exposure 15 shot through transparent discharge seconds shot through transparent plate. (exposure unknown) discharge plate. 6 Section -1 Kirlian Photography –A Short History Instructions For Use 2 TheModel4hasallcontrolandphotographyfunctionsonthefrontpanel;the On/Offpowerswitch,momentarycontactdischargeswitch,frequencycontroland dischargeplate.TheOn/Offpowerswitchprovidesmainpowertothecircuit.The dischargeswitchisamomentarycontactswitchthatappliestheHVpowertothe dischargeplatewhenpressed.Thefrequencycontrolvariesthefrequencyofthehigh voltageelectricalpowergoingtothedischargeplate.TheHi-Lowswitchchangesthe rangeofthefrequency. Standardfilmanddigitalcameras TheModel4isdesignedtoworkanoptionaltransparentdischargeplate thatallowsonetousestandardcameras,bothstillandvideo. SheetFilm(4x5) TheModel4isdesignedtoworkwithall4x5color,b/w4x5sheetfilmandpaper, includingPolaroid4x5film.Thefilmisplaced,emulsionsideup,ontheblack dischargeplateinsidetherectanglewhitelineoutline.SeeinstructionalDVDfor completeinstructionsonuse. 7 Kirlian Device Model 4 BatteryOperation Whenportablefieldoperationisrequired,yourKirlianunitmaybeoperatedfroma suitable12-24voltDCsourceusingtheExternalPowerconnections.Connectthe powersupplytothebindingpostsontheupperleftsidemarkedExtPower.Positive voltageoftheDCpowersupplygoestotheredbindingpost.Observepolarity;the unitwillnotbedamagedifthepolarityisreversed,butneitherwillitwork. ExternalTriggerPosts Theexternaltriggerpostsallowsonetocontrolthedischargeusingaremoteswitch, insteadofthedischargeswitchonthefrontpanel.Asimplecontactswitchwiredto thetwopostswillallowremoteswitchoperationofthedevice. MonitorPosts Themonitorpostsallowsonetoobservethepulsewidthandfrequencyofthe oscillatingcircuitthatisusedtogeneratethehighvoltageoutput. 8 Section -2 Instructions For Use Factors Effecting Kirlian Images Exposing4x5SheetFilm: Caution: ExposingfilmusingtheKirliandevicemustbedoneinadarkroom toavoidaccidentalexposureofthefilm.SeeinstructionalDVD. FactorsAffectingFilmExposureTime Thereareanumberoffactorsthateffectfilmexposuretime: *Frequency&Voltage * Object * Object’spressureagainstfilm * FilmSpeed&Type * Humidly * Temperature * Dielectricpropertiesoffilm * ConductivityofObject Tostart,forsmallerobjectuseanexposuretimeofapproximately1/4ofa second.Largerobjectsthatonlyproduceafaintcoronadischargeonemay increasetheexposuretimeto5-10secondsormore. ToshootKirlianphotographsusingcolorsheetfilm,youusuallyneedto operatethedeviceinalighttightroomordarkroom*.Ifyouareshooting withblackandwhitelithofilmtherearesuitableredsafelightsthatwillnot fogorexposethefilmandallowyoutoseewhatyouaredoing. *Ihaveloadedcolorsheetfilmincompletedarknessinbetweentwoblack sheetsofconstructionpaper,andthenturnedonadimsafelight.Ithen usedthispaperfilmsandwichonthedischargeplate,mademyexposure, turnedoffthesafelightandincompletedarknessremovedthecolorsheet