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Anybody remove the Infrared filter on their point and shoot?

Started Nov 17, 2018 | Discussions thread
OP saaber1 Senior Member • Posts: 2,164
Re: Anybody remove the Infrared filter on their point and shoot?

reyalp wrote:

sueanne wrote:

Excellent.... I wonder why you are getting tha pink look?

The red elements of the Bayer filter presumably let through more IR than the others.

@saaber1

Raw would give you more control over the end color, but unfortunately we don't have CHDK for SX730 yet. There has been some work on it, but nothing usable yet https://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=13573.0

If you documented the removal process, I'd be interested to see it.

Great info on the chdk and ur right about raw.  I have a sd990 that has chdk on it and thus can shoot raw. Maybe I will remove the IR filter on that one and give it a try.

Re removal process, I didn't document it but can easily write a description without pics.  There is nothing complicated about it.  The only part to pay attention to is moving parts that have a plastic ribbon going to them (f.e. the sensor).  One wants to move those parts gently and not stress the ribbon because the ribbon can break if mistreated.

I have the little IR filter sitting in front of me right now and I was thinking of maybe putting it back just to see if there is any loss of IQ from the original (i.e. to answer the question, "Is it 100% reversible?").  My guess is that the answer is yes but I have not been protecting the IR filter, it's just sitting on the table and may be scratched (I made no attempt to protect it).  Note that the IR filter is not scratched during removal.  It just sits there on a little rubber gasket.  It's not like it has to be removed with tweezers like replacing a focus screen on a dslr for example.  Any scratching of the IR filter would take place from being moved around on the table (because I took no measures to protect it thinking I would never use it again).

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