Newbie First Post Pics

[mike tatt]

Hi fellow forum friends.
I've been interested in IR for a while and have been invstigating antique documents and

manuscripts - trying to mimic forensic spectography on the cheap.

After reading your great posts and picking up a few tips I thought I would have a go at

using my trusty Fuji 602 out in the field
I have been using an InfraRed acetate sheet in my research (£4GBP from ebay) and cut

out a suitable sized disc and taped it to the front of the lens - nice neat and portable. The

results were OK but exposure times were running into the seconds.

Then fortune smiled.
My wife bought me an Olympus E500 lit for christmas.

I decided to risk turning my 602 into a brick by stripping it down and removing the IR/UV

filter from the ccd now I didn't need it for regular photography - nerve racking :sweat:
Fortune smiled again!
Not a brick - but an IR camera that gives respectable handheld speeds and even with the

filter attached displays a bright, clear - if tinted image.

Anyway - here are a couple of my first pics - all had a simple Photoshop postprocessing - a

quick tweak on the curves and a greyscale conversion. The samples are reasonably low res

but hopefully give a good idea of where I am going. I would appreciate any feedback,

comments or advice that anyone would like to offer.

Phew - first post over

Cheers

Mike

 

[bernardy4416]

Hi Mike,

good pictures.

Incidentally, was taking out the IR filter from your camera a major operation?



Bernard

 

[teerex]

Hi Mike.

A very warm welcome to this IR Community. Feel free to discuss anything IR, lots of friendly people here.

BTW - can't see your pic

 

[mike tatt]

Hi Mike,
good pictures.
Incidentally, was taking out the IR filter from your camera a major operation?
Bernard

Hi BErnard, thanks for the comment.
Taking the IR filter out meant completely stripping the camera down and was a bit nerve wracking at first. Fortunately there is an excellent guide on the web which gives step by step instructions, I will dig the link out if anyone wants it.
It took me a couple of hours to complete but I was taking my time and being very careful - it may have been my 'old' camera but I still didn't want to ruin it. For anyone competent with a screwdriver and who has a spare 602 I would highly recommend it. Overall an easy modification. Changing the camera back to normal should be just as easy.

cheers
Mike

 

[ark19]

Hi Mike,
I'd modded my S602Z quite sometime ago too
Pity that the camera's res is only abt 3mp. But could still get good results.
Nice pics

 

[hweechwee]

Nice shots! :thumbsup: lovely.

 

[mike tatt]

thanks for the positive comments everyone - it's nice to know I'm going in the right direction. I'm hoping to experiment more as soon as I can get some time - and a bit of sun ! !

 

[mike tatt]

Hi Mike,
I'd modded my S602Z quite sometime ago too
Pity that the camera's res is only abt 3mp. But could still get good results.
Nice pics

Hi Ark
nice to know that I am in good company modding the 602. As you said the 3mp is a bit of an issue but the mod is so easy and the results are prety decent for a PS camera and so far I am happy with the prints at A4. Have you any images shot on your camera - it would be nice to see more pics - have you upgraded to a higher mp.
Regards
Mike

 

[ark19]

Hi Ark
nice to know that I am in good company modding the 602. As you said the 3mp is a bit of an issue but the mod is so easy and the results are prety decent for a PS camera and so far I am happy with the prints at A4. Have you any images shot on your camera - it would be nice to see more pics - have you upgraded to a higher mp.
Regards
Mike

Hi Mike, sorry for the late reply, bz with work....
I didn't group the photos according to camera type, but the most recent is this:
http://ark19.multiply.com/photos/album/34
Can also view them from http://ark19.clubsnap.org/gallery/Infrared?page=1 (but this will be closed soon as I dun intend to continue CS gallery subscription....)

Currently my main IR camera is D70i
It's great to have a modded cam as the shutter speed is much faster.
However, my fav filter is Tiffen #87. Although it's b/w, the IR effect is much pure
Cheers!

 

[mike tatt]

Hi Mike, sorry for the late reply, bz with work....
I didn't group the photos according to camera type, but the most recent is this:
http://ark19.multiply.com/photos/album/34
Can also view them from http://ark19.clubsnap.org/gallery/Infrared?page=1 (but this will be closed soon as I dun intend to continue CS gallery subscription....)

Currently my main IR camera is D70i
It's great to have a modded cam as the shutter speed is much faster.
However, my fav filter is Tiffen #87. Although it's b/w, the IR effect is much pure
Cheers!

Fantastic images and great composition. You certainly have got a 'creative eye' - Looks like I have still got a lot to learn - most especially about filter types. I am experimenting with a sheet of infrared cut filter acetate at the moment but am looking to try a few more optical filters including the hoya r72, which seems popular and the Tiffen 87 that you prefer.
I'm looking for a cheap Oly to mod so that I can get the pixel count up and the noise down

I've added a few new images to my site www.mikespix.co.uk - don't laugh if you look - I'm a complete newbie to web site creation as well as IR

Again - thanks for the coments & feedback

 

[ark19]

Fantastic images and great composition. You certainly have got a 'creative eye' - Looks like I have still got a lot to learn - most especially about filter types. I am experimenting with a sheet of infrared cut filter acetate at the moment but am looking to try a few more optical filters including the hoya r72, which seems popular and the Tiffen 87 that you prefer.
I'm looking for a cheap Oly to mod so that I can get the pixel count up and the noise down

I've added a few new images to my site www.mikespix.co.uk - don't laugh if you look - I'm a complete newbie to web site creation as well as IR

Again - thanks for the coments & feedback

Hi Mike, we are all learning here
The infrared cut filter acetate might be letting more visible light thru.
U should try a R72, it works very well with S602Zi.
Keep shooting and enjoy