Infrared test. The Sony R1 is a lovely camera with a great zoom range (24-120mm), good handling and great design features. It is also quite IR sensitive, has low noise and makes a great IR camera. Exposure was 1/5 second at f4 and 160ISO Red channel only Green Blue The following images are 100% sections …
Infrared test continued. The following are 100% sections of the red channel of images taken at different ISO settings: 200ISO 400ISO 800ISO 1600ISO 3200ISO More shots, usually using just the red channel: All told I am very impressed with the R1 as an IR camera. Remember you are only seeing lowres images on the web. …
Infrared test. The Nikon D50 is a pretty good camera for shooting IR. The RAW camera image. Exposure was 1/15 second at f3.5 and 200ISO, showing good IR sensitivity. Auto exposure was used. Greyscale conversion Red channel only Green channel only Blue channel only Below are 100% sections of the image: Red Green Blue In …
Infrared test The Samsung Pro815 is a new digital camera with a huge 28 to 420mm zoom range and lots to like. Full review will be posted very soon. Its IR sensitivity is adequate, making this a decent camera for infrared photography. The raw IR image from the camera. The slight ghosting is from holding …
Infrared test The Olympus SP-500UZ is a compact digital camera with good specifications. A full review will be posting in a few days. IR sensitivity is pretty good and noise is reasonably low. Here is a raw IR image from the camera. Exposure is 1/2 second at f2.8and 400ISO And here is another. This image …
Infrared test. The Olympus E-500 is a digital SLR. Shooting in JPEG or TIFF, its IR sensitivity seems to be quite low compared to many other cameras, SLRs and fixed-lens. However this is misleading. Above is the raw camera output. Exposure was 1/15 second at f5.6. A straight greyscale conversion and some levels work gives …
Infrared test The Kodak P880 is a new SLR-like digital camera with good specifications. The full review will be posted in a few days. It demonstrates reasonable IR sensitivity. Exposure times on the images here were 1/2 second at f3.6 The raw infrared image from the camera. And another one. A straight grayscale conversion offers …
Infrared test. The Fuji S5600 sensitivity to IR does not appear to be very good at all. The image below was taken with maximum extra exposure compensation dialled in: The JPEG straight from the camera, exposure 1/4second at f3.2. After the use of Levels. In fact the issue with the 5600 seems to be both …
Infrared test. The Canon G6 is a lovely camera in normal use. As you will see, its IR performance is also excellent, with the advantage over an SLR that, being a ‘rangefinder’ camera, you can still use the optical viewfinder to compose your shots with the IR filter on the lens. Shot in RAW mode, …
Konica Minolta is to shutup shop in the camera area and transfer appropriate assets to Sony. In a not unexpected move, Konica Minolta is getting out of the camera business and transferring the appropriate assets to Sony, who are expected to go ahead with plans to develop digital cameras using the Minolta lensmount. The only …