InfraRed Photography !

sunny2004

Hi
I am interested in trying IR photography and require a filter...

What type ?
And where can I get one in Dublin in a bricks and mortor shop ?

I dont have time for getting it off the internet as I need it in less than a week..

I intend using it on a Sigma SD10 if thats relevent !

So where did you get your IR filters? What type ? how much ? and where ?


Thanks

Hugh_C

Hoya r72, dunno if you'll pick one up in a shop in Dublin.

sunny2004

Cheers hugh,

Strange thing I was offered an Ilford IR filter in a large P series size ?
I never knew Ilford made IR filters..
edit
Correction, I think it was Cokin

GristlyEnd

I got my Hoya R72 from Surry Photographic Supplies on eBay a few weeks ago. I just got a 52mm filter as the 77mm is to expensive.

Hugh_C

Think mine is a 52mm too. Where are you based Sunny? I could lend you mine if you're prepared to put down a refundable deposit. I'm guessing you won't get one within the week in Dublin .

Hugh

DaireQuinlan

sunny2004 wrote: »

Cheers hugh,

Strange thing I was offered an Ilford IR filter in a large P series size ?
I never knew Ilford made IR filters..
edit
Correction, I think it was Cokin

Thats the IR filter that Ilford had made specifically for their SFX film, its a normal film with some sensitivity extending into the infra-red. AFAIK its not a true IR filter, still lets comparitively large amounts of visible (red) light through aswell. I have one myself sitting at home with three rolls of SFX just waiting for the opportunity to be used :-)

magicbastarder

sunny2004 wrote: »

I intend using it on a Sigma SD10 if thats relevent !

it may very well be - digital cameras tend to have infrared filters over the sensors, but one which filter it out, to stop non-visible wavelengths registering on the image. some of these filters are efficient to the point where they make IR photography a non-starter.

i've an olympus e500, and it's only the early runs of them which can be used for IR photography.

Hugh_C

magicbastarder wrote: »

it may very well be - digital cameras tend to have infrared filters over the sensors, but one which filter it out, to stop non-visible wavelengths registering on the image. some of these filters are efficient to the point where they make IR photography a non-starter.

Just wave a TV remote towards the lens with any button pressed down and if you see a pinkish/purplish/white through the LCD (or if you don't have live view, take a picture) you're laughing.

Hugh

sunny2004

Cheers everyone, and Hugh cheers for the offer, but here is the plan I am working to..

First to remove the internal Filter from the SD10 permanently,
http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~gisle/photo/ir4.html

Then to use a large IR filter say a P series filter in a holder so i can change lenses without worrying about filter sizes...

Thats why the Cokin which is a P (large size) sounded like a plan, But I am worried if it works alright.......

This is not a great image but its the filter i had in mind..


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BI4jAw6KL._AA280_.jpg

If anyone knows about this filter or any info it would be appreciated !!

Dr.Louis

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

I have one myself sitting at home with three rolls of SFX just waiting for the opportunity to be used :-)

lol... in exactly the same position as you are!

and the yeah, the filter you get with the film isn't an infrared filter, its a 'deep red' filter. Completely different to a true IR filter!!!

Zillah

I've been doing infrared for the last while, its very cool. I got my filter in a shop in town after a lot of searching. I don't know street names very well so I'll just try and describe where it is. You know the tourist centre near Dame street? The one kind of on the way towards Grafton street from central bank. If you imagine walking out of the tourist place and go left, its just around the corner there.

RoryW

that place is called Camera Exchange. They have 2 shops. One of South Great Georges Street and one on Trinity Street which is the one you mentioned.

http://www.cameraexchange.ie/contactus.html