Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] Maybe Leica was onto something afterall
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue Jul 29 19:41:22 2008
References: <23a0a61f0807270746t746fc22ap2675fdc27a3394e9@mail.gmail.com> <23a0a61f0807270922pf5083f5nb73bdfa736228831@mail.gmail.com> <F4D9C054-7D6A-4D58-B5F7-D942CED220DD@btinternet.com> <82c9dd70807271256uef57efepdef019591b17fb86@mail.gmail.com> <23a0a61f0807280001pde1ec29ka0038909d317557f@mail.gmail.com> <82c9dd70807290512g75437feaj39098bacdb2aa8bf@mail.gmail.com> <1FF080DF-DAB0-48DB-AFD5-1A8C73A9F9A4@mac.com>

I did it myself on a Nikon D70, after buying an IR filter from Lifepixel on
the advise of some members of this group. Works reasonably well.

http://www.lifepixel.com/

Cheers
Jayanand


On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Richard Clompus <rclompus@mac.com> wrote:

> Using an M8 has shown me that you don't need 12, 16 or even 21 megapixels
> to get a clear big prints.  Leica attributes this to removing the
> anti-aliasing (AA) filter, minimal software manipulation of the image and
> great lenses.  I found a company that will remove your camera's AA filter
> and if desired - convert it to an IR camera.  Here are the explanations for
> these services where you can "hot rod" your digital camera (their term):
>
> http://maxmax.com/IRCameraConversions.htm
>
> http://maxmax.com/hot_rod_visible.htm
>
> Interesting reading.  I have no financial connection with this company.
>
> Richard Clompus
> Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
>
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