In reference to the previous message. I should have phrased it that
I've found that AF will lock onto focus perfectly, but I have a hard
time getting it to choose the right thing, especially if there's
something with a sharp edge very close to what I want to photograph. I
can't tell you how many photos I have of singers that are perfectly
focused on the microphone, in front of them. It makes me wish I could
just tell the camera to autofocus, then adjust the focus 6 inches back.
On 9/15/2011 10:28 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Larry Colen wtote:
Would you have any chance of being able to afford an IR modified K-5?
I don't think so, unfortunately.
Or doing an IR modification to any other cameras?
That's interesting. Who knows?
Maybe if you poke around on IR photography fora you could find someone
with an IR modified SLR you could play with.
I use the LEE #87 filters from B&H I think that they're about $10 for a
10x10cm filter, and I made a holder to put them on my flashes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157608109191149/
My FZ20 wouldn't see anything in low light, I'd have to focus on an
incandescent bulb that was at about the right distance and just aim by
luck. A friend was able to give me an array of IREDs from an old dev
project at his work, that I modded to run off a 6V battery. That's what
the weird big thing attached to the bottom of the camera is. It turns
out that it works well as an IR movie camera with that rig, better than
it does as an IR camera.
If you lived about 8,000 miles closer, I'd be happy to loan you my gear.
I've found that an IR filtered flash is not noticeable to dancers.
If they are looking at it when it goes off, they can see a dim red
light, but the beam isn't perceptible. If you do a lot of extremely
low light performance photos, that's a rig that might work well for you.
Thanks for sharing this.
Dario
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