Infrared with the X100 (R72 Filter)

I have been playing round with Infrared (49mm - Hoya R72) on the X100 and have found it an interesting process.

~ I shoot in A or fully Manual modes.

~ I shoot with ISO 200-400 depending on the brightness of the day.

~ I under expose 1-2 stops depending on the light. The light meter does reasonably well through the filter.

~ The X100 will focus through the R72 filter so I do use it some times over manual focus.

~ For ISO below 6400 a tripod is required as exposures are from 2-30 seconds. You also need to be very aware of any movement during the exposure.

~ You can shoot hand held at ISO 6400 but the results can be very varied.

~ I shoot JPG and RAF. Sometime the JPGs are fine and other times the RAF files are better to work with.

~ The RAF files are "RED" so I use the Capture One Pro V6.4.3 (About to upgrade to V7) B&W conversion work workspace to convert them to B&W and then tweak the Red and Yellow channels along with bit of Contrast, Exposure and Brightness.

~ I have in camera "Long Exposure Noise Reduction" set on for the JPGs.

~ For shooting JPGs I set the Film Simulation to "Monochrome Yellow".

It is really a hit and miss process but I love it and have got a couple of great pics (in my personal opinion only of course).

If your looking for something different give it a try.

Infrared RAF files which is then converted to B&W:

Infrared processed pic:

Infrared processed pic:

Trevor Kloeden
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