Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, If you want to take a lot of IR photos it's definitely worth getting an IR converted DSLR. The advantages are that you can use low ISO settings for less noise, and of course you don't need a view darkening IR filter. I have a converted Nikon D1X which is really great. The other advantage for me is that I have a very large number of Nikon lenses to go with it. My 2nd choice is the M8. Len On Jun 15, 2011, at 8:05 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > Just for fun you might want to see if you have a very early digital > camera without the IR filter in the dust bin. Here are two that > were taken with an Olympus 2020Z from sometime in the previous > century, with a #87 IR filter (no visible light transmission). > Small images, OK for the web or smaller prints, no raw, but decent > IR. (These were hand-held, should have had a tripod.) I have a > spare Canon 20D body I keep thinking of having converted to IR > (about $500) but haven't gotten around to it. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/ghost+ranch+hut.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/front+yard+infra.jpg.html > > Ken > > On 6/14/2011 8:55 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> Lug: >> >> I bought a B+W 092 filter for my M8 to take to the Sierra Nevada and >> Yosemite next week to try out some infrared photos. I've never done >> infrared, film or digital, and would appreciate some advice. I've >> posted my >> first attempts: >> >> http://www.pbase.com/image/135593705 >> >> And keep hitting Next for eight more times. The very last one is >> with the >> M9. I think the M8 is supposed to be best for infrared, right? I >> can use >> the filter on my 35/1.4 and my 24/2.8 - maybe more with adjustment >> rings. >> >> I'm sure I'll be doing more landscape than people stuff with this >> filter, >> but I couldn't resist trying some of Tom baling hay. I think I >> like the >> barn ones best? I should have posted some landscape ones with >> clouds but >> none of those came up 3 stars or better on LR ;-).. >> >> Any advice you could give me on infrared before I start out on >> Saturday - >> one week in Golden Trout Camp, Sierra Nevada with Paul Rourk's print >> workshop and one week on our own in Yosemite. Any advice on what >> to see and >> do in Yosemite would also be greatly appreciated! >> >> TIA >> >> Tina >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information