Infrared pictures (Page 3): ...just keep hackin' away. This image has a couple of "hot spots" and doesn't really reach the full impact of what you'll get with your conversion. You're...

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

roadsideron wrote:

This is a 5 mb infrared someone posted on a website for people to download as a test challenge. It was the usual bland red file to start with. I don't have photoshop or lightroom. I use On1 and Paint shop pro. I followed the channel mixing tutorials on the web and I got this. I sent in my A6300 for conversion to 590nm. I'm hoping I can get better quality files to work with from my camera. I also used NIK Silver.

...just keep hackin' away. This image has a couple of "hot spots" and doesn't really reach the full impact of what you'll get with your conversion. You're going to love IR...it *is* a black hole of sorts. The 590 allows alot of color, and nice thing is you can take it away if you desire. Looking forward to your work!

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chasgroh wrote:

...do the mirrorless, many advantages...research it!

Aside from the viewing and imaging advantages,
there is another major advantage: Adapting older
pre-AF-era film camera lenses gets you a usable
focusing scale and an IR reference mark. And the
old lenses generally use much smaller filters that
cost a lot less.

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For anyone truly wedded to SLRs, Canon is the
only commonly available SLR that can use older
film era lenses, mainly Nikkors, due to the EOS
flange depth being much less than the Nikon F.
There are a few other combinations, but when it
comes to easy availability it's Nikkors on Canons.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

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Aside from the viewing and imaging advantages,
there is another advantage: You can adapting old
pre-AF-era film camera lenses gets you a usable
focusing scale and an IR reference mark. And the
old lenses generally use much smaller filters that
cost a lot less.

It isn't just old lenses that have the IR focusing mark. Zoom lenses don't have them because it would change as you zoom. I have a recent Nikon AF prime lens which has the IR mark.

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roadsideron wrote:

..........
I sent in my A6300 for conversion to 590nm.
I'm hoping I can get better quality files to work
with from my camera. ........

That conversion limits you :-(

The advantage of a live view camera is
realized when you just eliminate the IR
blocking plate but do NOT add any IR
filter to the sensor. Thus the camera is
not dedicated to a specific filtration. It
can use any filter you put on the lens,
and unlike an SLR your view/focusing
system is WYSISWYG regardless of the
lens filter, even a visually opaque filter
in the 800 - 900nm range. If exposure
is in range, the view is plenty bright !
If you CAN'T view, you know you need
to just set a different exposure :-)

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

User ID wrote:

That conversion limits you :-(

That's why converting one's camera to either Two-Spectrum or Full Spectrum is the smart play!

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The advantage of a live view camera is realized w... (show quote)

That's why using an eVF is the way to go in multispectral photography.

roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

I downloaded this from a tutorial website. It's a Sony raw infrared on a camera converted to 590nm. I also downloaded Capture one for sony and I edited this raw file. I have never done anything like this and I certainly don't know what I'm doing, but in editing this I could see how I could have used a lot of different ways to get different outputs. This is right out of capture one without any further editing. I think my choice of 590nm will work for me after getting my hands on.

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chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

roadsideron wrote:

I downloaded this from a tutorial website. It's a Sony raw infrared on a camera converted to 590nm. I also downloaded Capture one for sony and I edited this raw file. I have never done anything like this and I certainly don't know what I'm doing, but in editing this I could see how I could have used a lot of different ways to get different outputs. This is right out of capture one without any further editing. I think my choice of 590nm will work for me after getting my hands on.

...that's a good try. What you can produce with the 590nm is a huge gamut...here's one I made into a framed canvas, obviously I messed with it quite a bit. Those proposing full spectrum and filters are in the "take your time" mode and not concerned with speed at all. I'm not a tripod guy, at least for this genre of photography, and I think you need dedicated *cameras* ...I will soon have my third, and, so far, know the limitations and advantages to two of the filters (the 590 and the 720). Now I'm working toward a full frame (prolly a Sony 7 series) but haven't decided which filter to go with.

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roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

Here's one I just did. I think he said it was an NEX camera. I'm beginning to understand the color channels a little better. One good thing about the Capture one express is that it will take the white balance below the 2500K limit so I don't need Adobe dng proflier.

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