I'm happy to see this thread and YES an infrared forum would be great.
I'm about to get a z5 converted, probably to 720nm. I've been using an XT1 590nm conversion for years and want to take the next step. I am pretty much only doing B&W; I always have a 720 or 760 or 850nm filter on.
I am also thinking about full spectrum...I would not really care about the visual spectrum but it might be cool to have both UV and IR as possibilities. Seems that lenses that are good with UV are few and far between though.
I've used Fujifilm lenses, but am having a lot of fun with Nikon AI and AIS lenses (28mm 3.5, 55mm 3.5 macro, 105mm 2.5); I will probably start there with the z5 but it is great to know that some of the Z lenses are workable, especially the 24-70! That's great news.
A couple of questions:
1. Is there any reason to think that the banding issue would be worse with IR than normally? Seems that it is basically a non-issue in normal photography (let's start calling non-IR photographers "normies") unless one REALLY brightens the shadows; in my IR, I am typically doing the opposite and really never trying to brighten the blacks or shadows so it seems like it might be even less of a problem with IR, unless there is something I am missing.
2. I had my xt1 done at Lifepixel and was happy with it. But, I see that Kolari vision has an AR coating (for an extra $100)--anybody have experience with it? Does it really help?
How do we lobby for an IR forum? Maybe a weekly post in the Open Forum for sharing Infrared shots?
