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Perils of Infrared Photography

Started Jun 24, 2016 | Discussions thread
gpb11 Veteran Member • Posts: 5,035
Re: Perils of Infrared Photography

@Vorchek -- I also started out using an R72 filter. I shared your frustration and actually gave up on it for a period of time, later deciding to suck it up and get an EPM2 converted. I've had pretty decent results with the Olympus 14-42 EZ pancake lens. I'd suggest selecting lenses that don't generate any hotspots as IMHO that's just setting yourself up for more hassle than it's worth.

Beyond that I'm not sure how much help I can offer as I've only dabbled in IR a little bit so far, and generally have stuck with black & white output as that's my preference.

Still, can you share any examples of what you're talking about?

elmanhansen wrote:

The 2000 Kelvin problem is no problem. I have made camera profiles for both cameras using Adobes Profile Editor.

Can you talk about this more, or point me somewhere? I've struggled with LR not handling IR well, but since DxO OpticsPro works fine I've not worried about it. Still would like to fix LR if it's feasible.

And I also use a 'manual' white point in the cameras. Just choose a green subject as 'white'.

Yes, custom WB is necessary as camera's autoWB doesn't usually work very well.

I've used a gray card to set custom whitebalance on my IR converted EPM2 and it's worked well. Any thoughts on that vs. setting whitepoint off of something green?

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