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Perils of Infrared Photography

Started Jun 24, 2016 | Discussions thread
MarcosC Junior Member • Posts: 39
Re: Perils of Infrared Photography

Brian Chichester wrote:

Vorchek, I don't think anyone's really spelled it out to you in this thread, but you can't get satisfactory IR false colour using the R72 filter (that's 720nm, right on the edge of the visible spectrum): you have to have 650 or better still 590nm cutoff, for which you also need a full spectrum converted camera.

Though I agree 650/590 are better suited to false colour IR, a 720nm filter can still be successfully used with a converted camera. Some saturation bump may be needed, you may get a noisier image, etc., but for me it's still quite acceptable.

A couple of my own IR colour photos with a GX1 + 720nm IR filter (be warned that false colour is not really my cup of tea):

See a few more of my false colour photos with a 720nm filter on Flickr.

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