Infrared instruction: This is probably too vague a question but: I had my SLR converted recently to IR and will be getting a tutorial with the conversion company from Oregon online...

iamimdoc

This is probably too vague a question but:

I had my SLR converted recently to IR and will be getting a tutorial with the conversion company from Oregon online next week. I have become familiar with adjusting the in camera wb, swapping channels and faux colors.

Has anyone been through a tutorial with similar company and found they ran out of time before they got to a topic.

If so, what topics did you wish you had received more instructions on?

Probably could be an infinite number of answers but just thought i would throw it out there

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

To make Red/Blue swap quick and easy ... one click... FlamingPear has a "older" plugin download for free.
http://www.flamingpear.com/freebies.html

Best to take photos during hot part of the day...

iamimdoc asked: "what topics did you wish you had received more instructions on?" If I knew I would have looked it up... I think IR is rather straight forward ... but I am open to learning.

iamimdoc, is your camera full spectra?

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

Make sure your camera has a proper white balance and does it need a camera profile. Go through all the tutorials Lifepixel has to offer.

rodpark2 Loc: Dallas, Tx

I've been shooting IR since film days and the uncertainty is part of the charm for me. I've played around a lot with settings and personally prefer ISO 400, F8, JPEG VS RAW, and high color saturation. I usually shoot in "A" mode with +1 exposure. Some I'll edit to B&W, others I leave as color. I tried RAW, but prefer JPEGs. I shoot 100% RAW with regular cameras. My IR cameras are Nikon D7000 and D40.

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

rodpark2 wrote:

I've been shooting IR since film days and the uncertainty is part of the charm for me. I've played around a lot with settings and personally prefer ISO 400, F8, JPEG VS RAW, and high color saturation. I usually shoot in "A" mode with +1 exposure. Some I'll edit to B&W, others I leave as color. I tried RAW, but prefer JPEGs. I shoot 100% RAW with regular cameras. My IR cameras are Nikon D7000 and D40.

Your samples are superb and convincing me to convert my D810 to IR. I have a D850 for day to day shooting. The D810 is my backup. May have to add a third camera.

Darn. :)

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

I LOVE THESE I.R. images and everything about them and how you color in parts of the subject with rich colors like Reds & cobalt.....fantasic !

Wow !

aellman Loc: Boston MA

rodpark2 wrote:

I've been shooting IR since film days and the uncertainty is part of the charm for me. I've played around a lot with settings and personally prefer ISO 400, F8, JPEG VS RAW, and high color saturation. I usually shoot in "A" mode with +1 exposure. Some I'll edit to B&W, others I leave as color. I tried RAW, but prefer JPEGs. I shoot 100% RAW with regular cameras. My IR cameras are Nikon D7000 and D40.

All three are excellent. Nicely done! >Alan

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Jim Eads wrote:

Your samples are superb and convincing me to convert my D810 to IR. I have a D850 for day to day shooting. The D810 is my backup. May have to add a third camera.

Darn. :)

Had a 30D converted years ago, opens up whole new world, lots of fun. Get converted and have fun, you won't regret it.

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dpullum wrote:

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Best to take photos during hot part of the day...

Jeeeeeeziz ...not again !

IR CONVERTED CAMERAS DO NOT SEE HEAT !

I have passing experience with cameras that
see heat. The imaging sensor is cryogenically
cooled and the camera delivers heat mapping
in false colors, similar to the stormy weather
graphics on a weather report map.

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scooter1 Loc: Yacolt, Wa.

WOW! incredible photos!

SteveFranz Loc: Durham, NC

I beg to differ with the comment that IR cameras do not see heat. I have used my IR camera for photographing glass blowers & Raku Potters. In both instances, my photos in IR of the flames were much more spectacular in the IR spectrum than the Visual Light spectrum.

For example, the Raku Potter used a mixture of vegetable oil and alcohol for flame treating his pots. The flames were small and barely visible in the VL spectrum, huge & bright in IR.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

SteveFranz wrote:

I beg to differ with the comment that IR cameras do not see heat. I have used my IR camera for photographing glass blowers & Raku Potters. In both instances, my photos in IR of the flames were much more spectacular in the IR spectrum than the Visual Light spectrum.

For example, the Raku Potter used a mixture of vegetable oil and alcohol for flame treating his pots. The flames were small and barely visible in the VL spectrum, huge & bright in IR.

When an object is heated, it gives off thermal radiation. This thermal radiation is dependent upon the temperature and will appear as infrared radiation which the camera is sensitive to. Of interest here is that as the temperature is increased even farther, the emitted infrared radiation will change in wavelength and appear more towards red, then orange, … , and into uV as the temperature goes even higher.

There are thermal imaging cameras, and they are not to be confused with IR sensitive cameras. For example, a warm blooded animal will show up in the dark with a thermal imaging camera, and will not be visible in an IR sensitive camera. Also, a thermal imaging camera can detect a warm body behind a wall where an IR camera can not.