I had Lifepixel convert my Lumix GX8 and sold the Oly E-PL5. I went full spectrum. I bought into the mirrorless conversion for ease of use. I cannot get it straight if Pentax live view would work as well. I read some articles and I have a K-x. It is moot for now tho. You may know better since you have experience.
I have two really good lens and can adapt my Pentax lenses for fun. The GX8 has a bright lcd and bright viewfinder. For outdoor use I think this will help me a lot. kolarivision.com and precisioncamera.com and lifepixel.com all do conversions. Stringer "I like photographs but my ability for critique is limited to some expression of "I like it". Otherwise "I don't like it" (probably a bug or snake) or indifferent (probably a cat)." -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 5:39 PM To: Pentax-Discuss List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: On the subject of Infrared Back when I had a working IR K-5, I bought a large sheet of plastic IR filter, about 1/8" thick to make filters for speedlights and studio flashes so that they would only transmit in IR. It was much cheaper than buying the 3" squares of gel from B&H. If anybody needs some, in order to have an IR only light source, let me know. If I were to do something like convert on of my old bodies to IR (or full spectrum), who is doing a good, reasonably priced, job on Pentax DSLRs these days? My preference for an IR body would be to have the body be full spectrum, and if I need IR only, or visible only, just put a filter in front of the lens. With live view, IR only is much less of an issue. I had some difficulty finding IR block filters. Does anyone have specific recommendations for such? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
