IR Conversion

[robo git]

A guy by the name of Kong Chien here in Wellington does IR conversions. Email me (in profile) if you want contact details, or go to his facebook site: http://www.kongc.com/

PS: His email is kong at the above domain (without the 'www' of course)

[talan]

A guy by the name of Kong Chien here in Wellington does IR conversions. Email me (in profile) if you want contact details, or go to his facebook site: http://www.kongc.com/

Just out of interest what is the usual charge for an IR conversion?

[robo git]

I don't actually know. There is a site in the US that will do the conversion for $450 USD + shipping each way, but I don't know what Kong charges (as I purchased an already-converted camera off him) and I've not actually looked at pricing - just saw the cam on TradeMe and decided to grab it :D

Considerably less that $450 USD I'm sure - the 350D I got was $650 for the camera already converted by Kong.

[Rick0r]

*waves to robo git*

[robo git]

:D Allo CyberRickbob0r :p

[Rick0r]

There aren't that many people with recently IR converted 350D's :]

[Cory Varcoe]

Just recieved my Canon 10D... I love it! :D Kong has done a fantasic job! The images are pin sharp with all of my lens! I'll post up some images over the weekend (only tried it in the back yard)

[robo git]

Check out photos of peoples eyes - freaky evil pools of black :D

[Cory Varcoe]

Nicely put! i took a freaky self portrait earlier :eek:

[fokker]

Out of interest, what would you use an IR camera for typically?

[PureKiwi]

Out of interest, what would you use an IR camera for typically?


taking some amazing photos , go to Cory's web site above and look at his IR gallery they are stunning

[Cory Varcoe]

Out of interest, what would you use an IR camera for typically?

You get a whole new look on everything. Heres (http://www.coryvarcoe.co.nz/index.php?page=portfolio&func=subview&id=14) the gallery Tim was talking about. When i get my A into G i'll post some photos taking last weekend.
Basically in sunlight green foliage appears pure white and peoples eyes are black pools of doom :p

taking some amazing photos , go to Cory's web site above and look at his IR gallery they are stunning

Cheers Tim much appreciated!! :D

[robo git]

Short answer: Anything.

Longer answer: At the end of the day it's just another look to your photos; a different effect produced by capturing light from a spectrum human eyes don't have access to.

All the same rules of composition etc apply, you can use it for anything, even sport / car / food photography if that's what you feel like. However it works best when there's a source of near-visible IR (so basically from about 700nm to 1000nm. 1000nm and up is beyond the capabilities of most non-specialist cameras to detect). I quite like it for portraiture (because you can't see colour-based skin blemishes), but have also used it for city-scapes and other random shots that strike my fancy.

[StanW]

Using infrared? I work with film, Konica at first, then Maico, now Adox when the weather finally cooperates. What to take? Anything that spurs your interest - there's nothing difficult about taking and processing.

[kongle]

Hi, I am Kong .. you can ask me about IR conversions .. or email me kong (at) kongc.com (kong@kongc.com) .. http://flickr.com/gp/kongc/7y759U no way as near as good as Cory's but give u some ideas .. :D

[Latham]

Also what is an IR conversion?

[Cory Varcoe]

Basically you remove the camera's built in infrared filter and replace it will new glass, not sure exactly what is used, maybe Kong can explain a little better.

[Latham]

Does it improve the quality of the photo?

[Cory Varcoe]

Do you mean compared to using an IR filter on your lens?

I'd say yes, i found using wide lenses with IR filters gave very poor corner sharpness and very odd fringing. Others would disagree i'm sure. With a converted camera it works just the same as a normal one except it catches a different spectrum of light, infrared instead of visible. This also means that you can show is pretty much the same lighting conditions as you would with a normal camera. Some of my shots have been 1/4000 :D this opens up a whole new world, portraits, macro, sports, anything really. Whereas if you use a filter on your lens the light has to pass through 2 filter before it reaches the sensor, it varies from camera to camera but i found i had to do 2-3min exposures.