A simple mirrorless without ibis makes for an easier conversion. Something to consider. Get a Sony nex with adapter and look at it as an ir back. That's what I would do since the optical viewfinder becomes useless with full spectrum. On Jun 10, 2016 6:40 PM, "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
