attack_donut
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Reged: 16/12/2006
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Loc: East Coast
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There is a website (lifepixel) that will convert certain dSLRs and point&shoots to do digital infrared photography.
Was curious if anyone here has something like this and their experiences...
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LargeFormat
old hand
Reged: 24/10/2006
Posts: 1058
Loc: Buckinghamshire and Cumbria
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You can even do the conversion yourself if you're really brave. Have a look at recent posts on the subject.
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bench_ubbster
Bench Meister
Reged: 08/08/2006
Posts: 2591
Loc: Cambridgeshire, UK
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If you want to convert, also consider ACS in Norfolk. I haven't had any of my cameras converted, but I know somebody who has used ACS and they did exactly what was promised on the tin.
The conversion costs about £200 (depending on exactly what you want doing and what dSLR you have). Instead, I bought a secondhand Ricoh GX100, which seems to be sensitive to IR out of the box and I can shoot handheld with an R72 (720nm) filter and still have a 'normal' camera without the filter attached.
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beejaybee
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Reged: 18/07/2007
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Loc: Really Here In Name Only
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Quote:
You can even do the conversion yourself if you're really brave.
Note that you will need a replacement filter - if you just take out the anti-alias filter (which incorporates IR blocking) then the focal plane will move forward by about one third of the thickness of the filter, and focusing will not work properly (the image will be out of focus, even in visible light).
Better to get a replacement done by a professional outfit who will be able to access replacement filters in bulk more cheaply than you can as a one-off, who will stand over their work and who will recalibrate the colour balance so that the camera can still be used for normal photography.
BTW lots of the companies that purport to do this work in fact just send the cameras off to Baader (Germany) or Hutech (USA), it occurs to me that it is sensible to go direct, Baader for instance have a waiting list but tell you when to send your camera in rather than just sitting on it.
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FujiSigmaNolta
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Reged: 21/06/2005
Posts: 1383
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I have done it the cheapest of ways...I got a second Sigma SD10 and simply removed the dust protector/IR filtery thingy.
Instant IR!! Costs near to nothing...well almost as some adventurous photo retailer put SD10s back onto the market for £549 when the DP-1 came out. Why? Why? I like the camera but....why?
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Dave_Cox
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Reged: 12/07/2006
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Loc: somewhere in Sussex
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I got some reasonable results just by putting an R72 filter on the lens of my old Pentax DL2. No conversion cost and the camera could be used as normal when the filter was removed.
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