Hey Guys,
My Girlfriend had her Canon Rebel XTi converted to see the Full Spectrum of Light so Infrared and Ultraviolet are now visible to the sensor, this kinda stuff is normally used for Astrophotography, Ghost Hunters and Forensic Photographers but some people use it for creative purposes and the images that the camera produces are amazing.
As there is so little information on what settings to use on the camera after the conversion we walked into this without a clue with how to take photos and focus of light we cannot see :/
We soon learnt that just by setting a custom white-balance to a custom colour (Red, Yellow, Blue, Green) had a strange effect on the images made
Here are just some taken while in a friends garden, no filters or photoshop
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We plan to set up a tutorial type thing for our finding outs just incase anyone else is a bit stuck or for anyone that was thinking of converting a camera.
You can get some really nice shots after you get the hang of it.
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With the use of some filters you can block the UV and IR and still get a normal looking photograph
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Anyways, this was just to see if anyone else has any tips to share or if you're thinking of getting it done and you have any questions
Have a good day :)
This is really cool, how do you get a camera converted to do this/how much does it cost? And what filter do you use to take normal photos?
I dont have the money at the moment but I would really like to try this down the road.
We got the XTi sent off to the USA to get it done, there are tutorials on how to do it, but we wanted to be safe [URL="http://www.lifepixel.com/"]http://www.lifepixel.com/[/URL] really happy with the outcome but time and cost is a lot and also a lack of instrutions on what they did to the camera.
So far the only good information I've found on Full-Spectrum is limited to one guy on Flickr
"Full spectrum is more versatile, but you have to buy filters for your lens:
-UV/IR cut filter (to get nomral looking images)
-720nm Infrared filter (to block out UV and normal light)
They are around $100 each depending on your thread diameter.
Then additional filters will cost you as well as additional lenses:
-930nm filter
-UV only filter
I converted my DSLR to full spec and it proved useful as IR doesn't look good in some situations. "
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/groups/lifepixel/discuss/72157631354359772/"](Link to the Page)[/URL]
If you don't want to rip a part a DSLR or have someone else rip apart your DSLR then some point-and-shoot (if not all) of them will be able to be converted I think, just so you can test it out, see if its something you're going to want to follow up, but you wouldn't get all the freedoms of the DSLR..
We're away for a festival for the weekend but afterwards we plan to get on this tutorial thing so we will post any findings.
x
I got some pictures too.
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I used a normal camera though with a 720nm IR-Filter
What kind of exposure times did you have to use for shots like that in bright sunlight?
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;41581170]What kind of exposure times did you have to use for shots like that in bright sunlight?[/QUOTE]
I had to use a tripod. On average 1/6. But it was also a f/4.5 lens and I used it with f/8 I think. If I had a f/1.4 lens I could shoot handheld with decent speeds in daylight.
do you use the filters which go behind lenses? how well do they work?
[QUOTE=Eltro102;41583299]do you use the filters which go behind lenses? how well do they work?[/QUOTE]
i think the hoya r72 infrared filter is the most common, and goes in front of the lens like a regular filter.
[url]http://kurtmunger.com/hoya_r72__infrared_filterid182.html[/url]
i know that, I was asking if they had used filters like
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and if they actually work without messing up something
[editline]25th July 2013[/editline]
because it just seems like hassle to get/put filters on each lens
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