Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Take it from someone who has shot the X-Pro1 like this as well as an X100 before and after an IR conversion - the Fuji internal IR filter knocks 10 stops off. So these somewhat muddy IR pictures are generally shot at very wide apertures, slow shutter speeds, and high ISOs. It's not materially worse than the bad old days of IR film, but it's not very impressive compared to what you could do. When you actually have one of these cameras converted (to full spectrum, for example), you can shoot 720nm infrared in much lower light than you can shoot visible light pictures. I just shot a party on Friday night where the only visible light was coming from a handful of halogen cans twenty-five feet above, but faces came out well lit. And you can also shoot 830 fairly comfortably in many indoor situations (you generally lose about 2 stops). The X cameras have the dual advantages of glass viewfinders and closed-loop contrast-detect AF. Phase detect would probably fail - since it can only be set up for one set of frequencies at a time (and on an X camera, there is no mirror to do tweaking). Dante On Jan 19, 2014, at 4:12 AM, Gerry Walden wrote: > This is interesting - it shows that the X-Pro1 can take infra-red with no > adaptation. > > http://f-sunny.com/shooting-infrared-x-pro1/ > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information