Introduction to Infrared Photography
Romulo Lubachesky (Romulo Lubachesky)
Keywords: infrared, ultraviolet, photography, photographic, disciplines, guides, tips
Infrared Photophraphy
Iinfrared photography has the power of showing us a different world. We can travel through the unknown with each image, an unpredictable and astonishing universe that marvels our eyes with unique textures and colors.
The majority of infrared photos are restricted to landscapes and static objects, because a long exposure is required when using infrared filters on normal cameras. The reason for this is the camera sensor sensibility to the visible and infrared electromagnetical spectrum. Thus, normal cameras have a filter often called “Hot Mirror” that blocks the ultraviolet and the infrared.
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Nikon D70r DSLR, 20mm f/2.8D AF Nikkor @ f/4, 140 sec. ISO 200
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Originally written on June 23, 2010
Last updated on March 27, 2015
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Shane E (bv1) on June 30, 2015
Romulo "The experience of many Nikonians has shown this -the D70- to be one of the best DSLRs for the task, if not the very best so far." This statement is taken out of context. For shooting with an unmodified DSLR, the D70, D70s and D40 were the best of-the-shelf Nikon bodies for UV AND IR because the ICF covering the sensor was inefficient at blocking UV and IR light. Once modified their performance was little different from other Nikon bodies of similar age. In fact the D200 modified was better than the D70 in terms of resolution, noise and several other aspects. While the D70 is still a good IR camera it's performance is far behind that of the newer breed of modified Nikon bodies which offer better noise performance (higher ISO options), larger LCD, higher resolution, etc and last but not least LiveView (for more accurate IR focusing). I have shot IR and UV with the D70 and D40 (both unmodified), D70 UVIR modified, D200 IR modified, D200 UVIR modified (also the Fuji S3Pro UVIR and Sigma Foveon) and now shoot with a D800 IR modified. The only advantage of the D70 today, is that you can pick one up for around $50-100 making it a good intro DSLR for IR. However it will cost you more to have it converted so look for one already modified for around $150.