Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-18 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Mark—those links were really helpful. Given the importance of live view when shooting with a DSLR, converting my k7 seems like a better option—especially if working in urban areas. The k-5 is my back-up to the k-3, so I wouldn’t use it, but the k-7 I could and the extra advantage

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-17 Thread Mark C
Oh - I think I misunderstood your comment. My old K10D stopped working with lenses in auto mode. The camera will not stop them down. It will work with lenses in manual mode (I.e. using the aperture ring - no A setting) - using stop down metering. The auto focus works fine, the auto metering /

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-17 Thread John
On 5/15/2015 11:56 PM, Mark C wrote: With my IR converted K10D only working with manual lenses, I decided to convert another camera for IR use. Is it something in the IR conversion process that disables auto-focus? -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-17 Thread Mark C
It does not disable the auto focus. However, with a DSLR, when not using live view, the focusing is based on visible light which is somewhat different from visible light. My understanding is that with off the sensor focusing (compact, mirrorless or DSLR in live view mode) the focusing is based

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-16 Thread Christine Nielsen
I'm intrigued by the IR conversion, too... I have an *ist-d or a k-7 I'd consider converting... Any thoughts on which is the better candidate? -c On May 16, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Thanks for the link, Mark! I just may convert my k-10D. This idea gets

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
Yep I'm thinking of doing it as well. I have a k-10 I could use. Any thoughts Mark? Cheers, Christine Christine Aguila, Asst. Professor Communications Dept. Truman College FC4 President On May 16, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: I'm intrigued by the IR

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 16.05.15 um 21:32 schrieb Christine Nielsen: I'm intrigued by the IR conversion, too... I have an *ist-d or a k-7I'd consider converting... If your *istD is anything like my *istDS it has some IR capability even in its original unmodified form. Not fast enough for handheld shots but

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-16 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks for the link, Mark! I just may convert my k-10D. This idea gets a serious think. He seems like a nice guy. Read is bio etc. Might be fun to do Urban IR. And nice test shots by the way! Cheers, Christine On May 15, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: With my

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 16.05.15 um 05:56 schrieb Mark C: So here are some test shots with the newly converted camera - no interesting compositions but just tests of the cameras abilities: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/testing-ir-converted-nikon-p6000?blog=9 Great. And a striking example that

Re: OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-16 Thread Mark C
I really liked the IR converted K10D but I'm seeing some interesting things with this converted compact camera. With the K10D exposure was always a crap shoot - which is what you'd expect since the meter is still based on visible light, not IR. The exposure discrepancies were not trivial -

OT - IR Conversion

2015-05-15 Thread Mark C
With my IR converted K10D only working with manual lenses, I decided to convert another camera for IR use. Sent my old Nikon P6000 in for the process. While this is a very flawed camera in terms of poorly implemented features, it takes good photos and produces a pretty robust 13.5 MP file. The