Infrared Conversions Blog

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...

Epanding 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 b...

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." ...

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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...

This week we recognized Paul Logan-Stevens as one of the best Kolari Pocket shooters out there and asked him what he enjoys the most about shooting infrared and full-spectrum photography. "I have always loved photography, ever since I was given my first camera at age 12. I constantly strive to show different points of view of the sa...

In this edition of of Disassembly and Teardown, I want to take you back to simpler time. It's September of 2016. Everybody is running around outside taking beautiful photos with their new cameras. The full-frame mirrorless camera showdown has yet to turn into a hot war. It has officially become cool to shoot with Sony. The Pentax 645z, a ...

DIY Aerial Full-Spectrum photography: The complete start to finish guide for how to convert your DJI Mavic 2 Pro Hasselblad camera to full-spectrum using our DIY conversion glass. Let's take it from the top and go through each step for converting your Mavic 2 Pro sensor to full-spectrum so that you can make full use of our Mavic 2 ...

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 Paicno to ...

2020 is just around the corner, and if there is one thing we can be sure of, it's that Sony probably isn't going to be slowing down. While every iteration of the different A7 and a6000 camera lines launch with significant improvements over their predecessors, the most recent A7R took leaps and bounds in both capability and design progress...