{"id":7219,"date":"2022-03-29T16:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2022-03-29T16:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:56:03","slug":"starting-with-infra-red-photography-part-9-first-tests-with-a-converted-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7219","title":{"rendered":"Starting with Infra-Red Photography Part 9 – First tests with a converted camera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was going to have one of my camera bodies converted for ‘full spectrum’ sensitivity so that Infra Red and Ultra Violet can be seen by the sensor. However, for \u00a350 more I could buy an already converted camera body so this is the path I took.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This camera was of a different system and mount (a Sony E-mount) to my current system (Fuji X-mount) but this wasn’t an issue for me as I am purchasing old M42 screw mount lenses (that are used with an adaptor) as modern lenses tend to suffer with hotspot issues when used for IR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off I tried the camera with a cheap Zodel 28mm M42 lens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a straight forward unchanged colour image – false colour is normal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is an unprocessed colour image with a 720nm IR filter attached<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I then tried using an old Wray enlarger lens which is mounted using bellows. This lens has a focal length of 3.25 inches making it a telephoto on this camera body (equivalent to 124mm on the cropped format sensor):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This image has been converted to B&W and was taken using the Wray lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is another image converted to B&W showing the garden using the Zodel lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It soon becomes apparent that this is a totally new style of photography that is going to need some practice to get right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was going to have one of my camera bodies converted for ‘full spectrum’ sensitivity so that Infra Red and Ultra Violet can be seen by the sensor. However, for \u00a350 more I could buy an already converted camera body so this is the path I took. This camera was of a different system and … Continue reading “Starting with Infra-Red Photography Part 9 – First tests with a converted camera”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infra-red","category-photo-effects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7225,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions\/7225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}