Comments on: Canon 10D ir – Pros & Cons

By: Lightwriter

Lightwriter — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:32:04 +0000

Hello Damien,
I’m having fun! I’m also getting lost in world thats new for me. I’d love work in IR color but for now I’ll work on the black and white images. A Million or so colors I don’t have to worry about.
Since you are knowledgeable in the IR field could you recommend some literature so I can start to learn how IR, colors and PS work together?
I see the pictures in my mind (not in color) I want to take with my IR camera but I never get them on my monitor, never mind my printer.
A lazy beginners question, how often should I make a custom white balance? One for every new shoot or is one custom WB enough? I see quite a bit of difference in my pictures in changing lighting situations sunlight/fog etc. It seems to be difference in light contrasts.
Sincerely
Jan
PS I hate PS excuse the pun

By: damien

damien — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:47:47 +0000

Hi Jan,

I hope you are having fun with your IR camera.

Regards, Damien.

By: Lightwriter

Lightwriter — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:31:31 +0000

Camera arrived, took awhile, but all is well that ends well.
Today is a gray, rainy day so I’ll have to wait till another day before I can get into the red.
Trees, leaves… I live near the sea and greenhouses not many trees around, but I’ll see what I can do
Sincerely
Jan

By: damien

damien — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:12:26 +0000

You chose well Jan. Enjoy your IR photography while there is still foliage on the trees.

Regards, Damien.

By: Lightwriter

Lightwriter — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:02:05 +0000

Thanks Damien, I understand now. As soon as ACS returns my 10D I’m going to have a steep learning curve, again,… I hope.
I chose for the 720nm.
Sincerely
Jan

By: damien

damien — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:43:11 +0000

Hi Jan,

665nm lets in some red visible light, 720nm doesn’t. I prefer 720nm.

Create your own custom DNG profile then you can assign it in Lightroom as an auto function upon import of the ir files.

Shoot in RAW and away you go.

Cheers,

Damien.

By: damien

damien — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:36:25 +0000

Hi Jan,

Photoshop will be just the same. Remember to work in 16 bit.

Cheers, Damien.

By: Lightwriter

Lightwriter — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:19:42 +0000

Hello Damien,
I’m sorry but I think I do not quite understand what you mean.
You wrote in an earlier post:
“…When I wrote the book, Lightroom was not even useable, … Now that Lightroom is stable and well structured, a Jpeg workflow is not a contender…”

My question is, is working in RAW and IR now compatible or isn’t it compatible? I work with Lightroom 2.7 an PSE 7.0.

Another question. I might have missed it but could yoy tell me why (or why not) I should choose a particular 665nm or 720nm conversion?
Can you do more/less with one or the other? If so what would that be?

Sincerely
Jan

By: Lightwriter

Lightwriter — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:49:44 +0000

Thank you Damien,
For the informative articles on IR photography. I am going to convert my very old 10D into a dedicated IR camera.
The only thing that bothers me is that I will have relearn working in PS.
Sincerely
Jan

By: Sara Wager

Sara Wager — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:52:52 +0000

Brilliant, thanks for that Damian.

Living out in Spain now and the IR just seems so much better out here than in the UK. Watch this space!!!!!

By: damien

damien — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:39:08 +0000

Hi Sara,

I have a wall of 6, 20″x16″ box frame blocks on my studio wall plus one 36″ x 18″ panoramic acrylic. The shots were all taken in Malaysia and I think they could go bill board size. I add a bit of softened grain to give the shots a surreal kind of look. I have produced numerous prints for couples too, as I used the 10d IR at each wedding when the sun was shining.

Kind regards, Damien.

By: Sara Wager

Sara Wager — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:15:09 +0000

Hi Damian, Bought your 10D back end of last year. Would be really grateful if you could answer a quick question. Did you ever print any pics from this camera and if so – How big did they comfortably go?

Many thanks, a great camers by the way.

Regards

Sara

By: terry fallis

terry fallis — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:52:33 +0000

thanks damien they are listing a price for conversion so I imagine its got to work OK.terry

By: damien

damien — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:27:15 +0000

Hi Terry,

I’m sorry I don’t know about the chip set on the S5. The guys at ACS should be able to advise you. They will know if the process is suitable for your Fuji camera. I hope it is okay.

Damien.

By: terry fallis

terry fallis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:11:20 +0000

hello I have a fuji S5 that I am thinking of getting converted by ACS have you any knowledge of conversion of this camera as it has a different kind of sensor set up? terry