Infrared Conversions and Infrared Photography Cameras

What is infrared photography?

The human eye can detect light from between 400-700nm. This range makes up the colors of the rainbow. Above 700nm is infrared, an invisible world that humans can’t see.

Infrared Filters Options

Our IR filters are made to work with full-spectrum modified cameras to target a specific wavelength or artistic effect. These filters either completely block visible light while only letting near-infrared pass or offer a mixture of both visible and near IR light. Useful for fine art, forensics, and many other professional applications.

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590nm Infrared Clip-in Filter

The 590nm filter can produce vibrant false colors while allowing for flexibility in post-processing. It’s typically used to produce golden-yellow foliage and bright blue skies. This filter requires post-processing and is compatible with a full spectrum or a lower cutoff IR converted camera.

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665nm Infrared Clip-in Filter

The 665nm filter can produce vibrant false colors with good B+W contrast. It’s typically used to produce light yellow leaves or the classic white IR look with blue skies. This filter requires post-processing and is compatible with a full spectrum or a lower cutoff IR converted camera.

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720nm Infrared Clip-in Filter

The classic IR filter, the 720nm filter is great for blue sky false color and provides great contrast and dynamic range for B+W. This filter requires post-processing and is compatible with a full spectrum or lower cutoff IR converted camera. It can also be used with some stock cameras with a long exposure.

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850nm Infrared Clip-in Filter

The 850nm IR filter creates the classic high contrast B+W IR effect straight out of camera. This filter is compatible with a full spectrum or lower cutoff IR converted camera. It can also be used with some stock cameras with a long exposure.

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Blue Infrared Clip-in Filter

The Blue IR filter can produce vibrant false colors similar to the 590 filter directly in camera without post-processing. This filter transmits both blue and IR, making it useful for NDVI crop analysis. This filter works only with a full spectrum converted camera.

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IR Chrome Lite Infrared Clip-in Filter

The IR Chrome Lite uses both infrared and visible light to mimic the look of the classic Kodak Aerochrome IR film with little to no editing. This filter is only for use with a full spectrum converted camera. Its thin glass design allows it to work behind the lens and achieves richer color than the original IR Chrome.

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Iridium Clip-in Filter

This filter boosts the saturation of the reds, greens, and blues directly in-camera without digital manipulation when used on a stock camera. Perfect for landscape, portraits, and any type of scene that can benefit from enhanced colors. On a full spectrum converted camera, this filter can alternatively be used for a unique infrared look.

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Full Spectrum and Two Spectrum

The Full Spectrum conversion (clear glass) makes the camera sensitive to UV, visible, and IR light, allowing switching between various external filters to achieve the desired effect, this allows going between infrared and regular shooting with one camera, however on DSLRs opaque infrared filters will block composition. The Two Spectrum conversion (IR + Visible) makes the camera sensitive to visible and IR light. It works the same way as the full spectrum, while filtering out UV for better color rendition in visible light shooting. When to get these conversions: Cameras with these infrared conversions offer the most flexibility to narrow down the specific spectrum at the lens level, allowing you to get the most out of one camera body. The only drawbacks are the requirement for addition filters, and a blocked viewfinder on DSLRs. These IR conversions require the use of live view and are perfect for mirrorless cameras.

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Thin Filter

The Sony A7 system was the first full mirrorless camera outside of the Lieca rangefinders, and its short flange distance made it possible to almost universally adapt to any lens to it. This includs Leica rangefinder lenses, making it the only other camera that could use these high quality light lenses, and at a fraction of the price of a Lieca camera. It was quickly discovered, however, that rangefinder lenses did not perform well on the stock Sony A7’s due to Sony’s inclusion of a very thick sensor filter, which introduced significant blur on the corners when using rangefinder or even SLR film lenses. We have developed a service that replaces the Sony A7 series cameras’ normally thick sensor glass with a thin-filter replacement that performs better with Leica lenses, film lenses, and non-Sony lenses, significantly improving corner sharpness.

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Ultra Violet (UV)

Available now, our UV filter allows for photography of the ultraviolet band. Useful for assessing sun damage, document analysis, forensics, plant photography, and many others. Our filter is specially designed for no IR light leak at an affordable price.

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At Kolari Vision, we believe that infrared photography shouldn’t have to be difficult. With premium infrared conversions and personalized customer service, let us help you find your perfect solution. Get started with our getting started guide and infrared photography articles, or browse our services.

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Unpaid endorsements, just pure enthusiasm.

The Kolari Magnetic Clip-In Filters are my new go-to system. I’ve been tinkering with Infrared for years and never found an easier way to use filters. No adapters. No step-up rings. No magnetic contraptions. Just pop in a filter and forget it - get to shooting right away. Easy to pack, carry and handle as well. They’ve been performing so well, I might just have to grab the entire range! (Canon R6)

Rina Miele

(verified owner)

I have been shooting infrared images since I was 13 years old. First with film, and since 2002 with digital cameras. I have tried every approach and have had every conversion done to more than a camera store's worth of cameras. To date, the best conversion approach I have found is a full spectrum conversion done to a mirrorless camera with the Kolari Magnetic Clip in Filters. My images are now the sharpest, best IR rendition I have seen. Period.

Vincent Versace

(verified owner)

Nowadays, everyone loves Full Spectrum cameras because it unlocks so many options in terms of filters, and creativity which is at the core of this experience to seeing things under a different light. Kolari’s Magnetic Clip-In filters brings a whole new level in the infrared game, maxing-out every aspect of it. I find it very convenient and easy to install the filter in front of my Canon RP mirrorless camera. Swapping it takes a few seconds and cane be done on the field safely. The build quality is very robust and attention had been brought to every details. Further, the Magnetic Clip-In filter combined with Kolari’s Drop-In Filter adapter ring will give you one more layer of filtration (i.e. if you’re looking for long exposures: one clip-in infrared filter or IRChrome and one drop-in filter to use as neutral density). And this can fit all my Canon EF/RF lenses, making me feel I can use my gear up to such a high level never experienced before.

Tonee Gee

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These filters are great! Super easy to install and remove. I love the fact i don’t need to buy multiple filters for all my different sized lenses. Makes budgeting for photography gear so much easier!

Daniel Cole

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