Infrared conversion worth the cost or software substitute?

13 years 4 days ago #51567 by Bill Murphy
I'm finding myself getting very interested in infrared, but not sure if I want to make the leap to converting a camera over? I have gotten quotes for $400. Is there a less expensive substitute that will give me good infrared results while I'm trying to decide?


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13 years 4 days ago #51575 by Baydream
Optics Geek sells Canon P&S for $200. That way you could try it and whether you decide it wasn't for you or you wanted to do a conversion, you could sell the P&S and probably recover a big chunk of your cost.
www.opticsgeek.com/page8/products.html

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13 years 4 days ago - 13 years 4 days ago #51588 by Henry Peach
You can just use an IR filter on an unconverted camera. This works better on some cameras than others, and it requires long exposures.

A cheap, DIY IR filter is to have a roll of unexposed, 120 size E6 (transparency) film developed. You get back a wide, dark roll of plastic that can be layered to provide varying degrees of visible light block. I've never used it on the lens, but I use a double layer as a visible light blocking filter on my flashes when I'm shooting my IR converted 20D (which I don't use anywhere near as often as I thought I would :) ). I had the 20D converted by lifepixel.com
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13 years 3 days ago #51652 by effron
I had my old D70s converted by www.lifepixel.com/ a couple years ago, and I can say it was well worth it. They did a great job and having a motted camera is much easier than filters....;)

Why so serious?
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13 years 3 days ago #51697 by Hoky Poke
If I were interested enough in shooting infrared, I would convert my camera.


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