I think the best people to talk to would be the people who do the conversions themselves, such as: http://www.maxmax.com/OpticalProducts.htm
They can do the IR-only conversion for you, but they will probably want to know what sort of IR radiant source you will be using to illuminate your paintings so they can install the appropriate filter. Another option, depending upon your IR radiant source might be to use the Canon 20da. It is modified for astrophotography to be more sensitive to IR. More info here: http://www.dchamberlain.net/Canon20Da.htm They still bring north of $1000 on the used market. (There is one ending on eBay in about 90 minutes as I type this). The good part about a Canon 20da is that you could try it, and if it did not suit your purposes you could turn around and get your money back out of it, as it is still in good demand among astrophotographers. You may already know this, but a good background page is: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/infrared%20dslr.shtml Hope this is of some help. Darren Addy Kearney, NE USA On 10/10/09, Desjardins, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > I need to dip into the vast well of knowledge that is the PDML. ;-) I need > to get a camera with an IR only conversion to look at paintings. I want to > spend about $1500 so I think conversion is the way to go. This doesn't need > to be Pentax. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- I like smoke and lightning Heavy metal thunder Chasin' with the wind And the feelin' that I'm under -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
