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New field of my hobby: Infrared photography
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:35 pm    Post subject: New field of my hobby: Infrared photography Reply with quote
Hi!

I had the chance to acquire a rebuilt Canon G3. (Yes, I have broken my vow. But then not really, because I did not buy a new lens! Wink)

In this cam the protective glass in front of the sensor has been replaced by a infrared filter. This is a fantastic solution for infrared photography IMHO, because you can see the image and the resulting effect on the screen directly when shooting and outside you can often shoot at 1/125s or shorter so handheld is not problem!

The Ganon G3 is an amazing cam BTW and 4 MPix are definitely enough for my IR shots.

This is fun!

Here are some of the shots I took during the last days:

Wetzlar, river Lahn









Ruins of Castle Staufenberg





Molfsee, Northern Germany




PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Carsten: AWESOME! Really interesting IR effect. Does the camera do color IR as well?


PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nesster wrote:
Carsten: AWESOME! Really interesting IR effect. Does the camera do color IR as well?


Thanks. Nope, the used filter cannot record in colour. All you get is a brownish RAW file. Wink
JPEG is fine. You need to adjust the levels a little and that's it.


PostPosted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is superb work Carsten.
I have tried IR a just a little bit with filters, but I struggle Wink


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool These are beautiful!


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've always liked the look of IR photography and these are no exception, beautiful.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Carsten have you printed any out to see what they look like? That last one would look nice hanging on a wall.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quote:
"I had the chance to acquire a rebuilt Canon G3. (Yes, I have broken my vow. But then not really, because I did not buy a new lens! )

In this cam the protective glass in front of the sensor has been replaced by a infrared filter. This is a fantastic solution for infrared photography IMHO, because you can see the image and the resulting effect on the screen directly when shooting and outside you can often shoot at 1/125s or shorter so handheld is not problem!

The Ganon G3 is an amazing cam BTW and 4 MPix are definitely enough for my IR shots."


Carsten, is this an easily reversible modification ? I've got a G3 which I still use a bit, if I could change the screen fairly easily I'd love to try IR.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Last one and the image before are my faves. On total all images are very nice. Some of them look like at a cold winter morning with snow and ice.

Wink


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lloydy wrote:

Carsten, is this an easily reversible modification ? I've got a G3 which I still use a bit, if I could change the screen fairly easily I'd love to try IR.


Well, not really. You need to take apart most of the cam and make sure that no dust gets in between the sensor and the IR glass.
And that 830nm IR glass is not cheap. It's about €80,-.

But do you really use your G3 for regular photography often? Perhaps it's worth it to convert.


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
really special stuff carsten! pushed me to go on ebay and i found a service that for $100 usd will convert my 'never used but no one wants to buy but still very good' canon s90! they offer a variety of filters from 590 to 850. i'm thinking of the 720 as that is the most high contrast for b&w that can also still be used in color...thanks for a new project!

tony


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does the 720nm still offer the chance to shoot freehand? That is priceless!


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yes they specifically say it does...tbh i would only shoot handheld.
tony


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
In that case it might be the best solution. Coloured IR shots are also pretty interesting!


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nesster wrote:
Carsten: AWESOME! Really interesting IR effect. Does the camera do color IR as well?

+10 I wish to do same!! Wink


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not bad at all!


PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
Lloydy wrote:

Carsten, is this an easily reversible modification ? I've got a G3 which I still use a bit, if I could change the screen fairly easily I'd love to try IR.


Well, not really. You need to take apart most of the cam and make sure that no dust gets in between the sensor and the IR glass.
And that 830nm IR glass is not cheap. It's about €80,-.

But do you really use your G3 for regular photography often? Perhaps it's worth it to convert.


Interesting............

I use my G3 as a 'jobbing camera' in my workshop and places like that now. It's a very versatile camera, I love the foldout screen and the level of control that is available. But it's not sacrosanct !


PostPosted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I tried IR imaging for a while and it is fun, but I quickly got bored with it. I just use an old point and shoot Olympus with a 720 filter. The IR cut filter on older cameras is much less and on my particular model I only lose 3.5 stops, so it's no problem to hand-hold.
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