Author: Ilija Melentijevic

Here at Kolari Vision, we love tearing into the newest camera gear to learn how they work and if they can be modded for infrared photography, full spectrum photography, or other things. We've gotten really excited about the Canon R series over the last few years for their  performance for IR, they make some of the best infrared syste...

Here at Kolari Vision, we love tearing into the newest camera gears to learn how they work and if they can be modded for infrared photography, full spectrum photography, or other things. We've been really excited about the R5/R6 release, and had plans to add some cooling mods and overhaul it into a proper video camera. Reports from EOSHD ...

The 2020 Kolari Vision “Life in Another Light” Infrared Photo Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Kolari Vision LLC (“Sponsor”). All ten (10) categories will be awarded a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize as well as a maximum of four (4) honorable mentions per category. TEN (10) FIRST-PLACE PRIZES: The 1st-Place prize w...

Photo: Netflix via Wired - Martin Scorsese had a very tall order for Lucasfilms during creation of The Irishman The task was to create a motion capture special effect that could de-age the cast decades, but it had to be done without tracking dots, facepaint, or spandex body suits. (Would you want to ask DeNiro, Pesci, or Pai...

The 2020 Kolari Vision “Life in Another Light” Infrared Photo Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Kolari Vision LLC (“Sponsor”). All ten (10) categories will be awarded a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize as well as a maximum of four (4) honorable mentions per category. TEN (10) FIRST-PLACE PRIZES: The 1st-Place prize w...

As a girl I would linger hours in a fantasy world of faraway galaxies, cloud gazing, enchanted forests, and so on. Growing a bit older I immersed myself in the worlds of books and music, keeping company with words and rhythms. Then at some point in my teens I came upon my father’s old 1960’s Kodak Instamatic camera (I still have it, t...

What are infrared hotspots? If you've ever shot infrared photography, you've probably run into hotspots before, and they probably ruined more than a few of your shots. If you haven't seen them, a hotspot is a bright spot that forms in the center of the image. In general, some lenses form hotspots, while some do not. Hotspots will get mor...

Hi-Fi Welder   Sony NEX-5N, 590nm   Infrared photography is poetic. If you compare poetry to traditional prose, you often have a more simple block of words with a much more complicated meaning embedded within it. Likewise, infrared photography utilizes a simpler color scheme but emits far more concentrated feelings into the sub...

Not sure how to mail your expensive camera? We are now offering a secure and insured mailer box to streamline the shipping process for our customers shipping from the US! We're happy to announce that we're taking the hassle and confusion out of shipping your camera back and forth to us for our conversion service. With our new prepaid m...

My Life in Infrared   As a child, before knowing what photography was, I saw an infrared cover image on an old Life magazine. I don’t recall the image, but do recall and never forgot the indelible mark it made on my imagination. I was just blown away and that was about the end of it for a while. Fast forward 25 years. ...

Laurie Klein: An Infrared Journey that spans over 40 years. I was 18 when my love affair with infrared photography began. I was a Bio Medical Photography student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. I had no idea that  infrared would be one of my greatest passions as a commercial and fine art photographer. I learned how to use in...

Why get an infrared conversion? A camera with an infrared conversion is hands down the best way to shoot infrared. See how it compares to film infrared and using a lens filter. Digital Infrared vs Infrared Film Because infrared is not visible to the human eye, shooting infrared poses some troubles. When using infrared film, it can be d...