exitvisa Loc: richmond bc

I have a canon 6 D and a 1 D mk 11,and several L lenses and a R72 infared filter(77mm).The sensors on these 2 cameras will not register IR light waves. would like to buy an older canon dslr that works with IR .Any recommendations?

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

I believe what you want is to send one of the cameras to a shop that will remove the anti-aliasing/IR cutoff filter - which is placed the sensor by the manufacturers since the chips are actually highly sensitive to IR wavelengths. Places like Precision Camera offer this kind of thing.

jdubu Loc: San Jose, CA

I picked up a Canon rebel XT from KEH that was IR converted. The files are not huge, but it's still fun to play with and the B&W results are what I was looking for.

Every once in a while, they will have one for sale. Bodies may vary, I recently saw a TI5 there that was converted. Of course, the newer the camera the more expensive.

You could also check out Ebay or other used camera sites. For the price of converting a camera, you can pick up a decent older body already converted and not give up one of your existing cameras. Unless you really want to go big with IR, that's a choice you have to make.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

You have many options. I would buy a camera compatible with your existing Canon lenses. It does not need to be the latest technology.

I have a modified Sony camera compatible with my lens collection and several sizes of filters to be able to use it more ways.

Mine is modified as a Full Spectrum meaning that they did not put a different filter on during the modification process. This allows me to use 590nm, 630nm, 720nm and 850nm depending upon what I am interested in doing. 590nm lets the most visible light in and is good for pseudo color shots that are so famous with IR photography. And you move longer and longer, there is less and less visible light and it then works better for super high contrast Black and White. I love to be able to do both kinds.

I do find that I get best results when I manual focus and not auto focus. IR focuses at a different point than visible light and the camera AF can be wrong. Make sure you get a camera that can manually focus accurately. It is sometimes possible to have the conversion place adjust the focus for one lens, and perhaps another lens might not be in focus. It involves adjusting where the mirror sits and mine was not done this way.

I find that IR works well with good lenses. With the cheapy kit lens, they sometimes don't have consistent IR response and may have what's known as a center hot spot where the image is brighter. I have a kit lens that exhibits this behavior, and I just don't use it. I have other lenses that have no such problem. I have never seen this problem on the better lenses.

Its lots of fun. I also use the IR modified camera for astro-astronomy, and it picks up the hydrogen-alpha light at 656nm which is beyond a normal camera and it makes it easier to see nebula.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Unless the sensors in your cameras happen to be very unusual, I'd bet they will record IR. The exposures might just be very long using a filter over the lens like that. I've done it with several cameras, just long exposures are an issue. I also have an IR Converted camera body. The exposures with it are may be slightly longer than they would be for visible light. A R72 filter should work on nearly any digital camera not just DSLRs. Again, long exposures. And you do realize you probably can not see through the filter at all.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Check out this link and the vendor that performs the change. I've been thinking about getting a 5DII as those prices have been falling. http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/2015/06/13/ir/

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

I would suggest you convert a camera. There are 2 companies I recommend LifePixel and Kolarivision.I've used both to convert Nikon cameras. Ask both companies which camera they'd recommend for conversion. also Kolarivision has a list of which lenses are good for Infrared. Some lenses have hotspots when used for infrared. I love infrared photography. Any questions and I'll try to help.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

That just not true. Hotspots can happen with expensive lenses and kit lenses can be fine. Kolarivision has a list of good lenses for infrared.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

The website you mention recommends the same places as I do to convert cameras Kolarivision and LifePixel.

steveg48

I have a Nikon D7000 that was converted by LifePixel.
I can autofocus or manual focus in LiveView with any lens.

For foussing through the viewfinder, LifePixel calibrated the camera for a particular lens that I specified.

drfrogster

:-) If you are looking for a camera that has built in for Infrared photography, I bought a pentax K3 last year. After looking around for a long time at filters, It actually has a built in b&w filter for IR photography. They don't advertise it but I learned about it from a salesman for Pentax... he was there when I was going thru the features. It has lots of other features but this is what I was looking for... it is
a nice camera that is well worth looking at. Im not sure if the K3 mark 2 has it

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

I just bought a Canon a480 P&S converted to infrared to get my feet wet. Purchased from eBay, it only cost $50 and has a small file size of only 10 MP but test reviews say it has great image quality! It still beats converting one's camera for over $300 and not having the ability to shoot normally or deciding later that it's not for you! Plus, the camera is easy to resell. Initially, there were a number of options in terms of choosing wave lengths, 550, 600, 680, 850nm among others to get different color renderings. Reading and researching becomes easier if you have a camera in hand to see the effects, at least for me.

Check out both the general eBay listings for "Infrared cameras" and the listing of the camera I purchased: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1312.R1.TR11.TRC2.A0.H0.Xinfrared.TRS1&_nkw=infrared+cameras&_sacat=0
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262043399640?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Also you can get info about camera conversions using Google. Best wishes in your pursuit of great images.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

I should also point out that RAW format works much better than JPEG for IR. There is much more latitude for adjustment and it can really make a difference. It is not uncommon with IR to stretch the exposures more than you would with a normal image to get the effect you are looking. RAW allows for this in a much better way.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

I should also point out that RAW format works much better than JPEG for IR. There is much more latitude for adjustment and it can really make a difference. It is not uncommon with IR to stretch the exposures more than you would with a normal image to get the effect you are looking. RAW allows for this in a much better way.

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

I had my Canon Powershot G3 converted to IR a few years ago. It is a unique tool in the right situation

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