ANNI GETS A NEW TOY!

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:39:47 -0700 (PDT), 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 actually like that picture a lot. And the cloud movement didn't do any real
harm.

But notice that the probable reason for the long exposure is that you didn't
have a light source; on a cloudy day not much radiates strongly in infrared.
Try a nighttime campfire picture. A campfire should be a good infrared source.

Bob