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Perils of Infrared Photography

Started Jun 24, 2016 | Discussions thread
elmanhansen Regular Member • Posts: 114
Re: Perils of Infrared Photography

I  do quite a lot IR work with M43 cameras. I have a Pana G1 and a Pana GH2 both converted to IR. I have not used IR filters on 'normal' M43 cameras.

The 2000 Kelvin problem is no problem. I have made camera profiles for both cameras using Adobes Profile Editor. And I also use a 'manual' white point in the cameras. Just choose a green subject as 'white'.

I do my processing in Lightroom. When the pictures are imported their color temperature is about  20K Kelvin. So I can do the changes needed.

I mainly make BW pictures - buy sometimes I do false color processing. I use Photoshop for that - and then sometimes again Lightroom for the final processing.

My main lens for IR is the Pana 14-45 kit zoom. It is very good for IR work as it pruduces no hot spots. Other lenses (like tha Pana 7 - 14 mm) can produce hot spots on the pictures. They can be removed - but it is extra work.

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