There is an article in the Feb. issue of Outdoor Photographer about a guy that will convert a D30 or D60 so it can be used for IR photography (cost $350). He removes the IR cut-off filter and installs a permanent 87B IR filter in the camera. The only kicker is that it is now an "IR only" camera.
My thinking is that maybe you could have him remove the cut-off filter only, and you use your own screw-on IR filter(s) on your lens(es). There is a web site, but I don't know if posting URL's is allowed here. Randy Willem-Jan Markerink wrote: > On 12 Jan 2004 at 10:53, Eckhard Stephan wrote: > >> *SNIP* >> >>>> I am using a Cannon EOS D60 camera with a Hoya R72 filter and was >>>> wondering if you could please give me some advice on how to obtain >>>> usable infrared images. I am currently trying to manipulate >>>> shutter speed and aperture to obtain an image but seem only to get >>>> blank images. Does the sensor on the Does the D60 have an IR >>>> filter built in that will prevent it being used for this purpose? >>>> If not, do you have any suggestions as to why I am unable to >>>> produce usable images? >> >> *SNIP* >> >> I'm afraid you won't have much luck using a D60 for IR. I'm not sure >> whether the camera has an IR blocking filter. But I do know that I >> never managed to get usable IR pics with my D60. :-( Probably the >> poor Ir performance of the D60 is due to its CMOS sensor. While CCD >> sensors are known to be sensitive far into the IR range (which makes >> an IR blocking filter necessary to avoid colour shifts in non-IR >> photography), CMOS sensors have a sensitivity range similar to that >> of the human eye. They can't see IR. > > Btw, does anyone know what was in the Canon/Kodak DCS3, released in > 1994? > This CMOS-stuff only became available with the EOS D30, right? > And/or: what does the Kodak DCS 520/560 (aka Canon D2000) and EOS > 1D(s) use? (ignoring the possible problem of IR-block filters) > > (I do get some kind of purple/reddish image on my DCS3, trying a > whole bunch of IR-pass, UV-pass and (IR+UV)-block filters (in every > imaginable permutation), but I am still not sure whether I see UV or > IR....8-)) > (it's not a clean image anyway) > > Note that the Canon/Kodak DCS3ir was the *only* dedicated IR-camera > ever (Nikon/Kodak had 2 generations (one earlier), Canon/Kodak only > one). * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
