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Perils of Infrared Photography

Started Jun 24, 2016 | Discussions thread
RBrianTaylor Forum Member • Posts: 84
Re: Perils of Infrared Photography

Vorchek wrote:

Skeeterbytes wrote:

Glad to hear you're enjoying your new E-M5ii. Is it IR converted (IR filter removed from the sensor stack) are you trying to achieve the look with a cutoff filter and post-processing?

A few folks here have converted cameras and achieve good results so hopefully they will chime in. I see many posts on the difficulty of infinity focus with certain lenses.

The camera is not converted. I'm using a Hoya R72 filter. So far I haven't noticed a focusing problem; the lens is bright enough that, wide open, I can focus through the filter.

While I'm certainly no expert, I did find this website to be particularly useful when I was starting out in IR photography:

https://photographylife.com/introduction-to-infrared-photography

I chose to have a camera IR converted, mainly so that i could experiment with IR photography indoors or in areas where there wasn't a lot of ambient light (most cameras have a pretty severe IR blocking filter in front of the sensor, and I wanted to remove that to "open up" the color spectrum into the IR region.

Here is a useful thread over at mu-43.com that may help you choose lenses for IR photography (some of the best visible light lenses end up being the worst for IR photography, I've found):

https://www.mu-43.com/threads/native-m4-3-lens-infrared-performance-ir-hotspots.32081/

I hope this helps.

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