IR conversion
Aug 15, 2014 05:13:24 #
I wonder if a Nikon D 70 or D 200 can be converted to shoot IR images.
Thanks all . . .
Rich
Thanks all . . .
Rich
Aug 15, 2014 05:55:54 #
Aug 15, 2014 06:15:39 #
sueyeisert wrote:
yes. Lifepixel.com or kolarivision.com
Thank you very much...I have begun reading about the companies you sent.
Rich
Aug 15, 2014 06:18:14 #
RICARDOOO wrote:
I wonder if a Nikon D 70 or D 200 can be converted to shoot IR images.
Thanks all . . .
Rich
Thanks all . . .
Rich
D70 is better - easier to do.
Aug 15, 2014 06:18:32 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
i've used them both and they're good.
RICARDOOO wrote:
Thank you very much...I have begun reading about the companies you sent.
Rich
Rich
Aug 15, 2014 06:20:12 #
sueyeisert wrote:
i've used them both and they're good.
That is good to know...thanks
Rich
Aug 15, 2014 06:51:59 #
louiseed
Loc: N.H,
Lifepixel does conversion. Canadian Photographer Alex Morrison is an award winning photographer with her Infrared Images. She offers IR tutorials including Nikon D-70 specific lessons. You can reach her at : alex@nature-photography-central.com
Aug 15, 2014 07:03:38 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
Don't buy her stuff. I got it and it came with no instructions and I wasted my money. Lifepixel and Kolarivision have tutorials on their sites. Deborah Sandidge has a good book out-Digital Infrared Photography and she teaches a course at Better photo which is very good.
louiseed wrote:
Lifepixel does conversion. Canadian Photographer Alex Morrison is an award winning photographer with her Infrared Images. She offers IR tutorials including Nikon D-70 specific lessons. You can reach her at : alex@nature-photography-central.com
Aug 16, 2014 06:17:41 #
sueyeisert wrote:
yes. Lifepixel.com or kolarivision.com
Yes, I've heard good things about Lifepixel. I had a Pentax K100D (6.1MP CCD) converted to full time IR by a different company. I guess they did a good job, little to compare to. Main issues I have with the camera and it probably has nothing to directly do with the conversion per se, is when I try to set a custom white balance which you have to do for IR, the camera has a hard time auto-focusing on a plain white surface. This may be a Pentax quirk, but it seems to need an auto-focus lens to set a custom white balance. My other two newer Pentaxes (CMOS) don't seem act so weird for setting WB. The other thing that is an IR hassle is even with old lenses with an IR mark you have to refocus (manually of course).
Aug 16, 2014 07:35:20 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
If your conversion requires you to focus on white paper then you put your camera into manual focus. Hpw could camera focus on white paper???
lamiaceae wrote:
Yes, I've heard good things about Lifepixel. I ha... (show quote)
Aug 16, 2014 09:10:47 #
RICARDOOO wrote:
I wonder if a Nikon D 70 or D 200 can be converted to shoot IR images.
Thanks all . . .
Rich
Thanks all . . .
Rich
Before you have one converted, give a lot of thought to what kind of filter you want installed. There are several choices.
Aug 16, 2014 09:12:21 #
sueyeisert wrote:
If your conversion requires you to focus on white paper then you put your camera into manual focus. Hpw could camera focus on white paper???
It's not so much focusing as using white paper for white balance. When I had my D70 converted, I had to use green grass for white balance. That pretty typical.
Aug 16, 2014 10:11:57 #
Ranjan
Loc: Currently Cyber-Nation!
jerryc41 wrote:
Before you have one converted, give a lot of thought to what kind of filter you want installed. There are several choices.
Does the built-in IR filter block IR 100% on cameras? Is there a way to non-destructively (as in temporarily) reverse the IR-blockade that is built-in. I had heard of some Hoya filter that enables one to do that. I could have picked that incorrectly, though!
Aug 16, 2014 10:24:59 #
louiseed
Loc: N.H,
Some camera sensors are receptive to IR. For these you can leave the IR block in place add an IR filter to the lens and get your shots. With some cameras it is more work than when using a converted camera but still quite doable.
The Nikon D-70 will do this. So will the old Olympus Camedia C2020Z and others.
The Nikon D-70 will do this. So will the old Olympus Camedia C2020Z and others.
Aug 16, 2014 10:40:46 #
I had my Sony NEX 5R converted by Kolarivision. Great customer service and the conversion took less than a day.
As others have said, lifepixal has a good reputation too.
As others have said, lifepixal has a good reputation too.
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