ANNI GETS A NEW TOY!

Annika1980 wrote:
I've been having lots of fun shooting infrared with my infrared-
converted Totally Digital D60.
So I figured I'd try out a real infrared filter on the Fabulous 5D2.
I got on EBAY and ordered a cheapo Hoya R72 equivalent from a shop in
China. I figured for 25 bucks, what the heck. It finally came today
so I rushed out to try it out, even though it was mostly cloudy.

I quickly learned that the exposure time required when using this
filter will make shooting anything except landscapes impossible.
Here's my first effort which was a 30 second exposure @f/8, ISO 800.
Note the cloud movement during the exposure.

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/115548398/original

It should produce some interesting effects, although I was hoping it
wouldn't increase exposure time that much.
I really wanted to take some infrared videos with the Fab 5D2, but I
guess I'll have to use a weaker filter for that.
Even cranking the ISO on the Fab 5D2 to 12800 gives exposure times of
about half a second at f/4.




I don't know if you've wasted your money or not. I made this
example "mimicked" IR shot with a Photoshop plug in. The good
part about using a plug in is that you can selectively alter a
colour image with just a part of it... And you don't alter a
camera forever. I downloaded the plugin, made 20 images look
IR, all within a few minutes.

I guess a hardware junkie might not think this any good but to
me the 20 shots I did over look no different to any of Brets
IR examples... Except of course for the better quality of mine.

http://www.weddingsnportraits.com.au...-infra-red.htm

I wonder if it can be applied to a movie too?
Hmmm.