Infrared Conversions Blog

I was first introduced to Infrared Photography by Tony Sweet at a workshop I attended on Cape Cod in October, 2018. At the time, I thought that this type of photography was interesting but not really for me. Fast forward almost two years later and I am now a confirmed convert! Last Spring, I had a Nikon Z50 camera converted to 720nm by ...

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 ...

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...

Greece is home to dramatic landscapes and architecture as well as diverse plant life. These things make Greece an amazing location for infrared photography. So, we took the full-spectrum Kolari Pocket there to prove what a powerful camera it is for creative infrared photography despite its nifty, pocket-able size. ...

The Island of the Colorblind In the late eighteenth century a catastrophic typhoon swept over Pingelap, a tiny atoll in the Pacific Ocean. One of the survivors, the king, carried the rare achromatopsia-gene that causes complete color blindness. The king went on to have many children and as time passed by, the hereditary condition affe...

Expanding our Capability Horizons What makes a good neutral density filter? It's in the name. The best ND filter should be as neutral as possible in its consistent light reduction across your entire image, for all colors, and at all focal lengths. A great 10-stop ND, for example, should always reduce light ...

UV Filters: A Redundant Sheet of Glass? We're going to ask a controversial question: What do UV filters do, exactly? A UV blocking filter, (Not to be confused with our UV Bandpass filter which has the opposite function) is perhaps the most standard lens filter out there. It's sold with every beginner lens filter kit along with polariz...

This week we asked a long time member of the Infrared IG community about his iconic and colorful infrared shots of the desert and where they all come from. His name is Sakchai Lokanuvat, though you may know him as @cuttlepup! "I like how I can never be certain that what I see when I take a photograph is what I will get." ...

Here's a list of everything we have going on! (Sale ends Tuesday, May 26th) $50 OFF All conversion services! Use coupon code: 'MEMORIALDAY2020' at checkout! 10% OFF all 5-count and 9-count infrared filter sets! Use coupon code: 'MEMORIALDAYFILTERS' at checkout! HUGE Discounts on short-cut 4x5" IR cinema filte...

If you've been keeping up with our infrared photography performance reviews, you may remember our analysis of the Canon EOS R for infrared and full-spectrum photography. One common post-conversion issue a camera can have is an internal infrared light leak caused by an internal shutter-monitoring IR LED. What a mouthful. Essentially, it's ...

How do Canon's new RF mount lenses perform for infrared photography? We've already raved about what great cameras the EOS R and EOS RP are for a full-spectrum photography setup, but the RF mount lenses have been the subject of some controversy. Luckily, we had he chance to give a a decent selection of Canon RF glass a proper hot spot test...