If you have the money, go for the converted camera, because the ISO sensitivity is MUCH higher than filters! But it will cost more than $100 for sure.
Unfortunately, the Olympus are hard to convert. I'd hate to buy another camera system just to play with IR.. Grrr...
May be if you check around EBay or somesuch, someone might be selling an already converted camera cheap... one can always hope.
For the cheap route, I know there are Photoshop filters, but I really don't know how they compare to filters vs. converted cameras. I would imagine that's the level of IR-happiness:
http://www.lifepixel.com/ does conversions for Canon and Nikon DSLRS, and a couple other models, though it's $400, and basically renders it useless for visible light photography. I've looking at some cameras on ebay that are old cheap digital cameras that are apparently IR sensitive, though as they are old models, the quality of these photos won't be nearly as good as say a converted DSLR.
*sigh* Probably best off waiting until I get the 40D and sending my rebel to be converted. Though it would be so cool to have the infrared camera for taking Costume Con photos. =)
To be honest, for most costumes, I don't think you'll see too much difference, though the nature of infrared is that it's almost impossible to tell how fabrics will react in IR. :D
This comment is going to be pushing "TL;DR" size, but oh well. :P
As good as the infrared conversions are, you did catch the point that they're expensive to do.
The only reason I've been dabbling in infrared is because I effectively had the equipment I needed to do it lying around: my old camera has an infrared mode, and while it's not meant for daylight use, it could be rendered capable of such using only filters. It's not an ideal situation, because there are limitations, but frankly, for the price, I was perfectly willing to let them go.
My recommendation is that if you want to dabble, keep your upfront investment low. The easiest way is to pick up a reasonably inexpensive infrared sensitive camera and a filter. From this page, the recommended camera is an Olympus C-2020z. Now, granted, that page is really old, and the camera is 2MP, and a point-and-shoot. However, it's also possible to get that under $100 on eBay now. It won't make 8x10 prints, perhaps, but it's a reasonably inexpensive path. I know there are other
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If you have the money, go for the converted camera, because the ISO sensitivity is MUCH higher than filters! But it will cost more than $100 for sure.
Unfortunately, the Olympus are hard to convert. I'd hate to buy another camera system just to play with IR.. Grrr...
May be if you check around EBay or somesuch, someone might be selling an already converted camera cheap... one can always hope.
For the cheap route, I know there are Photoshop filters, but I really don't know how they compare to filters vs. converted cameras. I would imagine that's the level of IR-happiness:
Converted camera > filter > photoshop
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*sigh* Probably best off waiting until I get the 40D and sending my rebel to be converted. Though it would be so cool to have the infrared camera for taking Costume Con photos. =)
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I may rent a camera. We will see.
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As good as the infrared conversions are, you did catch the point that they're expensive to do.
The only reason I've been dabbling in infrared is because I effectively had the equipment I needed to do it lying around: my old camera has an infrared mode, and while it's not meant for daylight use, it could be rendered capable of such using only filters. It's not an ideal situation, because there are limitations, but frankly, for the price, I was perfectly willing to let them go.
My recommendation is that if you want to dabble, keep your upfront investment low. The easiest way is to pick up a reasonably inexpensive infrared sensitive camera and a filter. From this page, the recommended camera is an Olympus C-2020z. Now, granted, that page is really old, and the camera is 2MP, and a point-and-shoot. However, it's also possible to get that under $100 on eBay now. It won't make 8x10 prints, perhaps, but it's a reasonably inexpensive path. I know there are other ( ... )
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Lisa it's Claire :P hiiii <3
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