infrared photography

[spiny]

Do you have an old digi cam in the back of a drawer gathering dust ? put it to use as an IR camera :)

All digi cams have an infrared filter on the lens to block IR 'light', removing this filter and adding a natural light filter (some exposed film) turns your old camera into a fun device.

I have an old Fuji A101 that I don't use, so followed this tutorial:

http://geektechnique.org/index.php?id=254

to make it IR only.

here are examples of the sort of images it now takes.

£20 note:
http://www.spiny.org/pics/ir/banknote_01.jpg

butterfly on a bush:
http://www.spiny.org/pics/ir/july_2007/ir_butterfly.jpg

my garden and small dog:
http://www.spiny.org/pics/ir/july_2007/ir_garden.jpg

sunny day:
http://www.spiny.org/pics/ir/july_2007/ir_house.jpg

more sunny day:
http://www.spiny.org/pics/ir003.jpg


if you don't fancy taking your camera apart, you can get an IR filter (if your camera can use filters) instead. the downside is that due to the built in IR filter, you'll need to do long exposure images to get enough IR 'light' past the filter to take a picture.

IR filter images using a Canon A75

http://pics.spiny.co.uk/infrared/IMG_1090s.jpg

[prophet]

I've seen a few people talk about IR photography recently, mainly because the camera I just bought has a removable filter so you can do it without having to mod your camera body!

I might have to have a bit of a play, see what I can produce.

[peelo]

cool

I have a load of IR prints from film... will scan some in if I get time

[slimboyfat]

One of those areas I want to play with but obviously digital has stopped me so far :)

I love the sunny day pic :)