Far-red filter set

Posted by Kenneth Bowitz Larsen on
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Hi,

we're considering buying a Y5 filter cube from Leica to see the far-red Alexas, DRAQ5 etc. but then someone mentioned to me that many (most?) people are unable to see far-red light. Does anyone know if this is true, or have experience with this (or a similar) filter cube? It has a BP 700/75 suppression filter.

Kenneth