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New release: Fujifilm X-T4 Extended spectrum (IR)

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JeffryZ Senior Member • Posts: 2,579
Re: New release: Fujifilm X-T4 Extended spectrum (IR)

I had a Cannon point and shoot converted to IR. It was fun to use. Conversion lets you use "normal" shutter speeds. A regular camera has an IR blocking filter on the sensor and when you add an IR filter to the front of the camera (which blocks visible light but allows IR to pass through), not much light is getting to the sensor so you need a long shutter speed to capture images. IR can degrade color images sometimes. Conversion removes the blocking one over the sensor and puts the IR filter there. Sounds like the ES Fuji has no filter on the sensor- to shoot in regular color you need to put an IR blocking filter in front of the camera and an IR filter if you want to shoot that way based on what I was reading on the GFX camera. https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/fujifilm-gfx-infrared-camera/

"The sensor inside Fujifilm’s 100-megapixel monster can capture wavelengths in both infrared and the visible spectrum. Operators can tweak the kind of light they capture by adding filters in front of the lens to restrict specific wavelengths. For instance, if you add an IR cut filter to the lens, you can capture typical color images very close to what you’d expect from a retail version of the GFX100.

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