Digital Near Infrared Photography with 4-6 Megapixels

Hello there,

 

I've recently been doing research into the world of Digital Near

Infrared Photography, and am amazed by it. They say a way to test

your digital camera to IR Light is to shine a remote control into the

lens of you camera to see if the CCD picks it up. I'm still deeply in

film based photography, but I would like to try out Digital as

another medium. There are many 4-6 Megapixel cameras out there, and

I've been shopping around. However, I don't know if any of these

systems on the market are capable of capturing near infrared light?

Does anyone have experience that would help? I will work on finding

the correct filter later; Right now I am trying to find a camera that

can capture great color images, but that can also work well with Near

Infrared light.

 

I've seen many resources on the Internet for this, but someone should

put a list together of current digital cameras that are capable of

this artform.

 

Any andvice, or anything that could help me on this journey is

appreciated. Thanks.

My E10 is sensitive to the near IR, but I have never tried to shoot IR pictures. I confirmed that by shining my TV remote and seeing its light flash in my view finder.

It is my understanding that digital cameras are inherently IR sensitive due to using a CCD, and that the manufacturers reduce IR sensitivity by intalling an IR filter. I'm not aware of a comprehensive list, but have read that the Fuji S2 is a good IR camera.

I have seen the E10 selling "used " for about $500 and suggest it might be a good place to start.

The sony models f707-f717-f828 have a special mode called "night-shot" that flips

the internal IR-block filter (fin front of the sensor on digital cameras) out of the light

path. The CCD sensor is then sensitive to visible light and IR. By screwing on an

external IR-pass filter (I use a B+W 093), visible light is rejected and only IR

wavelengths pass. Some cameras do not have a mode that flips the IR-block filter out

of the way, but still have a little sensitivity to IR. If IR photography is your thing, you

should find one that has this option. <BR>

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nice pics there.

Here I use Nikon D100 with Ilford SFX filter, and converted to BW in Photoshop 7.<div></div>

This one... I took with Canon PowerShot G5 with Ilford SFX filter

I use a Sony V1 with the dedicaded Nigth Shoot (Near Infrared) to take this one with a r72 filter.

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