Monday, June 1, 2009

Infrared Photography with Nikon D700

I decided to see if my D700 was suitable for IR photography. I used my old Nikon 18-70mm, which is a DX lens, as it had right size thread for my Hoya IR72 filter at 67mm.

I set the CWB using the PRE, by aiming at the "green green" grass. All the shots were exposed for 30 secs anything less didn't seem to cut it. I got mixed results with the D700.  It is definitely less sensitive to IR than my D70.

It was quite a cloudy day and during the 30 secs exposures if any one of the many clouds moved and blocked out the sun the shot would be ruined.


All Saints Anglican Church - Parramatta

All Saints Anglican Church - Parramatta





I processed all the shots in Photoshop by swapping the red and blue channels. I will have another go at it on a less cloudy day and see if I get better results.

5 comments:

  1. Did you make another go at it? I just ordered the B+W 093 IR for my D700.

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  2. Thanks, I received my filter and gave it a good go and quickly found out with the 093 swapping channels does not work well. This filter is better suited for black & white IR and they were quite impressive on the D700. I too found 30sec to be matched well at ISO 800 & 640.

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  3. Excellent! Thanks for the feedback about the 093. I will keep that in mind.

    Can you send me a link to your pics? I love to see your BW IR shots. I need some motivation to get off my ass and do more IR but I need some inspiration.

    Cheers

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  4. It's been awhile, here is one I've just posted.

    http://nikongear.com/live/index.php?/topic/33500-city-dam/

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  5. Hi Shasta,

    Yes, it has been awhile. The shots look great. What settings did you use? 30 secs at ISO 800??

    Cheers
    Lawrie

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