ANNI GETS A NEW TOY!

"Annika1980" wrote in message
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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 think you wasted the $25. Perhaps you should get an old Sony V1, does
infrared natively for photos and for video.

Pete

"Annika1980" wrote in message
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On Jul 31, 3:16 am, "Pete D" wrote:

I think you wasted the $25. Perhaps you should get an old Sony V1, does
infrared natively for photos and for video.

Yeah, except that the Sony's Nightshot mode only works at night at a
distance of 15 feet or less.
Also, the video from the Sony is only 640x480.

You're comparing a bazooka to a blow dart gun.

Not true works just fine at any distance. A bit of stealth and a blow
dart in this instance might just get the shot that you didn't anyway. How
is your video going at any distance?