Infrared dslr
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- johnny_wobble
I've been reading about people converting dslrs to infrared by removing the IR blocking filter in front of the sensor, any of you ever done this?
there are directions for DIYers, and info about different filters that replace the IR filter. effects of different filters here - http://www.lifepixel.com/infrare…
check out these shots. they were shot with discontinued infrared film of some sort.
more - http://thisiscolossal.com/2011/0…
they don't look like the typical IR shots I've seen. any ideas about what's actually happening here? is this getting a mix of infrared and normal light? This is more what I'd like than the typical white/tan/blue IR shots you see.
thoughts?
- johnny_wobble0
more of them - http://www.richardmosse.com/phot…
- mg330
I think they can be cool when they take on a more artistic/painting kinf of feel - like that top photo you posted.
- aldebaran0
He was using this stuff. I've never seen anything digital that comes close.
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- epic_rim0
Richard Moose pretty much killed it with this series, btw. He's the Aerochrome guy from now on.
- aldebaran0
Does anyone have any good example of color infrared done with a modified digital camera?
- Hombre_Lobo0
bizarrely you can get filters which allow more IR through to the sensor (which sounds somewhat impossible given the block is on the sensor)
but it works, it just means longer shutter. i have a hoya r72 infrared filter.
but check if your camera is good with infrared filters ro not, some dont work v well at all with them and other sensors work great. most nikons are good with the infrared filters.
might save you some money other than sacrificing a camera for one purpose.
- only works with long exposures though, right?johnny_wobble
- the filter on the sensor lets a little IR light through, these just block everything else, right?johnny_wobble
- yep, long exposures.jaylarson
- indeed longer shutter, but not hugely long, in bright sunlight were talking like 1/10 or 1/5 of a sec.Hombre_Lobo
- johnny_wobble0
what would you get if you just took the IR filter out of the camera and didn't replace it with anything?
- jaylarson0
nikon's d70 is supposedly a really great cam converted.
- WrappedInBooks0
I don't know if it factors in (or helps), but I think the guy who took those photos usually shoots with an 8x10 camera.
- epic_rim0
@johnny_wobble << what would you get if you just took the IR filter out of the camera and didn't replace it with anything? >>
You would get fucked up meterings but your pictures would look the same. There is a LOT more IR radiation out there than visible light:
so you can see that the meter would think there was tons of light, even if it isn't visible.
Note that when someone takes an IR shot, I'm pretty sure there is a lot of post processing to get it to normal color ranges. I may be wrong, someone can correct me.
- epic_rim0
@aldebaran You might be right, i was kinda shooting in the dark lol. Care to inform?
btw, the chart displays reflectance of plantlife. There isn't necessarily
"more" infrared energy, but plants reflect it back much more readily than visible light.
- monNom0
duuude...
- whinger0
I sent my old Canon 20d to these people and it worked pretty nicely.
http://www.lifepixel.com/
- Peter0
Didn't Canon make one back in, oooh, 2004(?) specifically for this?
More of a gimmick if you ask me. Like a photoshop filter, or those tacky HDR images that still floats around flickr.
