Cameras/Lenses capable of IR

Pablo · 12th March 2006

Cameras/Lenses capable of IR.

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Cameras capable of IR.

01) Canon 10D
02) Canon 20D (Colour-expect a long exposure time)
03) Canon 30D (Long exposure time, color not confirmed)
04) Canon 300D(Colour-expect a long exposure time)
05) Canon 350D(Colour-expect a long exposure time)
06) Canon 400D-(Colour-long exposure time)
07) Canon 5D (Colour)
08) Canon A80 (Colour)
09) Canon D60 (Colour-long exposure time)
10) Canon G2 (Colour- No)
11) Canon S1IS (Colour with 2x ELP filters)
12) Canon S2IS (Colour)
13) Dimage 7 and Dimage 5 (Colour)
14) Epson PhotoPC 3100Z (Colour)
15) Fujifilm S2pro, color (prone to hotspots, banding at high ISO)
16) Fuji s602 (Colour)
17) Fuji S9500
18) Fuji 6500fd
ISO: 100 (Good), 200 (Acceptable noise)
Hotspot:
1. Can Reduce by using larger aperture.
2. Most visible at ~50mm focal length. Can see hexagon shape distinctly. Therefore, avoid 50mm. Long focal length leads to small aperture causing hotspot also
3. CPL, Normal UV Hoya, ND8 all cannot reduce hotspot
4. Lens hood cannot reduce hotspot
19) Fuji FinePix F30 (Colour)
20) Leica Digilux 1 (Colour)
21) LX3 - Link to samples
22) Nikon 5700 - IR Mono
23) Nikon 8400 (Colour- No)
24) Nikon 8700 (Colour- No)
25) Nikon CP8800 (mono only.)
26) Nikon Coolpix 950
27) Nikon D1x color (similiar characteristic with D70).
28) Nikon D2H
29) Nikon D200 (colour) - Difficult to set CWB
30) Nikon D40 D40x (Colour) with 18-55 &55-200
31) Nikon D50 (Colour)
32) Nikon D70 (Colour)
33) Nikon D70s (Colour)
34) Nikon D90 Link
35) Nikon D100 (Colour)
36) Olympus E-300 (Colour)
37) Olympus E-330 (Colour)
38) Olympus E-500 (colour)
39) Olympus 2020 (Colour)
40) Olympus 4040 (Colour)
41) Olympus 5050z (Colour- No)
42) Olympus C700UZ - IR Colour
43) panasonic Lumix FZ1
44) Panasonic Lumix FZ5
45) Panasonic Lumis FZ20
46) Pentax K100D
47) Pentax K10D - Thanks to night86mare for the update
a) K10D can do IR, but needs super long exposures
b) The kit lens is very good for IR: Pentax 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SMC P-8A
c) There is hotspotting on this lens: Pentax 16-45mm f/4 ED AL SMC P-DA
48) Ricoh GR-D
49) Ricoh GX100
50) Sony DSC 505
51) Sony DSC 707
52) Sony DSC 717
53) Sony DSC 828
54) Sony DSC-V3
55) Sony T30
56) Sony A100
Please note:
Canon cameras = long exposures = many seconds (varies by filter + lens)
Canon EOS 5D requires much less exposure time than EOS 20D

Also, cameras labelled "no-colour" are tested with Hoya R72 filters only,
there are also Edward Long Pass(ELP) filter,
Cokin P007 filter (also a few others) that may be able to produce coloured IR images with these cameras labelled "Colour - no".
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Here are some lens that are known to be either good or bad for IR (Thank you, tomcat and Mysternaz,thw,Kevin,ngebor)

Good

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L
Canon EF-S 17-85 f4-5.6 IS USM (no hotspot's)
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Canon EF 28mm f/2.8
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 MKI
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 MKII (no hotspot what so ever)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS
Canon EF 135mm f/2L
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.0-5.6 IS L
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L
Nikon 12-24 mm f/4.0 G IF-ED AF-S DX
Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED AF-S DX
Nikon 24-70mm f/3.5-5.6 UC
Nikon AF 35-70mm f/2.8 D
Nikon AF 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 (1986)
Nikon 70-210mm f/4.0-5.6 D
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX
Sigma AF 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye
Lensbaby 50 mm f/2.8
Nikon 20mm f/2.8 D
Peleng 8 mm fisheye
Phoenix 100 mm f/3.5 macro

Bad
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 L
Canon EF 20mm f/2.8
Canon EF 35mm f/2
Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5
Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8L
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5
Canon EF 35-80 f/4.0-5.6
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8
Canon EF 24mm f/2.8
Sigma 10-20mm f/4.0-5.6 EX
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX
Sigma 30mm f/1.4
Sigma 20mm f/1.8
Sigma 50-500mm "Bigma"
Tamron 19-35mm
Tamron 70-300mm f3.x-xxx Macro
Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD aspherical macro
Tamron AF 18-200 F/3.5-6.3 XR (IF) Di-II lens
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD macro
Tokina 12-24mm f/4

May Produce Hotspot:
Sigma 70-200 mm f/2.8
Tamron 17-50 f2.8 - Hot Spots at 17mm and 50mm

Updated 18-06-2009

Please post a question in the IR forum if you are not shure about a particular lens or camera.

Thank you and enjoy your IR

teerex · 12th March 2006

Thanks Pablo. Have been wanting to do some house keeping to the original thread. Could not find the time to do so.

Most recent additions to the list would be the Olympus E330 and Nikon D200. Can you update the list Pablo.

Guys please keep this thread clean with only the list of cameras capable to IR here and have discussions on separate threads. The previous thread had grown too long with other discussions.

This thread is sticky for easy reference.

Pablo · 17th June 2006

Hello all IR interested people.

May I ask that if you have a question regarding a particular camera or lens, please create a new thread and ask.

The reason I ask that you do this, is that this thread is meant for information about cameras and lens only. (a list).

If this thread becomes long by questions and discussions, I have to wipe it and re-do it.

This results in your postings being deleted and I don't want to do that.

Other than creating a new thread you can also PM me.

If I have the answer I will get back to you as soon as I can.

If I don't have the answer (I am an amature at this), I will do my best to find out for you.

I thank you

Francis247 · 4th August 2006

Hi All,

Please refrain from posting in this sticky thread.
This thread is meant for information about cameras and lens only capable of doing IR.
Will appreciate that you either PM our IR Moderator Teerex or Pablo if you need to add on to the list or start a new thread if you need to post a question about doing IR.
Please kindly read through the following reasons as listed in post #2 and post #3, we don't wish to engage in long discussion using this thread and we hope to keep in neat for easy reference. Thank you for your cooperation.

Hi Teerex,

Please help to delete off those posts and start a new one to combine them if needed. Thank you very much.

12th March 2006	#1
Pablo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Blue/Green Planet Posts: 1,856	Cameras/Lenses capable of IR Cameras/Lenses capable of IR. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameras capable of IR. 01) Canon 10D 02) Canon 20D (Colour-expect a long exposure time) 03) Canon 30D (Long exposure time, color not confirmed) 04) Canon 300D(Colour-expect a long exposure time) 05) Canon 350D(Colour-expect a long exposure time) 06) Canon 400D-(Colour-long exposure time) 07) Canon 5D (Colour) 08) Canon A80 (Colour) 09) Canon D60 (Colour-long exposure time) 10) Canon G2 (Colour- No) 11) Canon S1IS (Colour with 2x ELP filters) 12) Canon S2IS (Colour) 13) Dimage 7 and Dimage 5 (Colour) 14) Epson PhotoPC 3100Z (Colour) 15) Fujifilm S2pro, color (prone to hotspots, banding at high ISO) 16) Fuji s602 (Colour) 17) Fuji S9500 18) Fuji 6500fd ISO: 100 (Good), 200 (Acceptable noise) Hotspot: 1. Can Reduce by using larger aperture. 2. Most visible at ~50mm focal length. Can see hexagon shape distinctly. Therefore, avoid 50mm. Long focal length leads to small aperture causing hotspot also 3. CPL, Normal UV Hoya, ND8 all cannot reduce hotspot 4. Lens hood cannot reduce hotspot 19) Fuji FinePix F30 (Colour) 20) Leica Digilux 1 (Colour) 21) LX3 - Link to samples 22) Nikon 5700 - IR Mono 23) Nikon 8400 (Colour- No) 24) Nikon 8700 (Colour- No) 25) Nikon CP8800 (mono only.) 26) Nikon Coolpix 950 27) Nikon D1x color (similiar characteristic with D70). 28) Nikon D2H 29) Nikon D200 (colour) - Difficult to set CWB 30) Nikon D40 D40x (Colour) with 18-55 &55-200 31) Nikon D50 (Colour) 32) Nikon D70 (Colour) 33) Nikon D70s (Colour) 34) Nikon D90 Link 35) Nikon D100 (Colour) 36) Olympus E-300 (Colour) 37) Olympus E-330 (Colour) 38) Olympus E-500 (colour) 39) Olympus 2020 (Colour) 40) Olympus 4040 (Colour) 41) Olympus 5050z (Colour- No) 42) Olympus C700UZ - IR Colour 43) panasonic Lumix FZ1 44) Panasonic Lumix FZ5 45) Panasonic Lumis FZ20 46) Pentax K100D 47) Pentax K10D - Thanks to night86mare for the update a) K10D can do IR, but needs super long exposures b) The kit lens is very good for IR: Pentax 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SMC P-8A c) There is hotspotting on this lens: Pentax 16-45mm f/4 ED AL SMC P-DA 48) Ricoh GR-D 49) Ricoh GX100 50) Sony DSC 505 51) Sony DSC 707 52) Sony DSC 717 53) Sony DSC 828 54) Sony DSC-V3 55) Sony T30 56) Sony A100 Please note: Canon cameras = long exposures = many seconds (varies by filter + lens) Canon EOS 5D requires much less exposure time than EOS 20D Also, cameras labelled "no-colour" are tested with Hoya R72 filters only, there are also Edward Long Pass(ELP) filter, Cokin P007 filter (also a few others) that may be able to produce coloured IR images with these cameras labelled "Colour - no". .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ............................. Here are some lens that are known to be either good or bad for IR (Thank you, tomcat and Mysternaz,thw,Kevin,ngebor) Good Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L Canon EF-S 17-85 f4-5.6 IS USM (no hotspot's) Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Canon EF 28mm f/2.8 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 MKI Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 MKII (no hotspot what so ever) Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Canon EF 135mm f/2L Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.0-5.6 IS L Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L Nikon 12-24 mm f/4.0 G IF-ED AF-S DX Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G ED AF-S DX Nikon 24-70mm f/3.5-5.6 UC Nikon AF 35-70mm f/2.8 D Nikon AF 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5 (1986) Nikon 70-210mm f/4.0-5.6 D Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Sigma AF 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye Lensbaby 50 mm f/2.8 Nikon 20mm f/2.8 D Peleng 8 mm fisheye Phoenix 100 mm f/3.5 macro Bad Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 L Canon EF 20mm f/2.8 Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8L Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 Canon EF 35-80 f/4.0-5.6 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 Sigma 10-20mm f/4.0-5.6 EX Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX Sigma 30mm f/1.4 Sigma 20mm f/1.8 Sigma 50-500mm "Bigma" Tamron 19-35mm Tamron 70-300mm f3.x-xxx Macro Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD aspherical macro Tamron AF 18-200 F/3.5-6.3 XR (IF) Di-II lens Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD macro Tokina 12-24mm f/4 May Produce Hotspot: Sigma 70-200 mm f/2.8 Tamron 17-50 f2.8 - Hot Spots at 17mm and 50mm Updated 18-06-2009 Please post a question in the IR forum if you are not shure about a particular lens or camera. Thank you and enjoy your IR __________________ Time, is an effortless construction :) Last edited by teerex; 25th June 2009 at 11:31 AM.

4th August 2006	#4
Francis247 Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hougang, Sengkang Posts: 5,436	Re: Cameras capable of IR Hi All, Please refrain from posting in this sticky thread. This thread is meant for information about cameras and lens only capable of doing IR. Will appreciate that you either PM our IR Moderator Teerex or Pablo if you need to add on to the list or start a new thread if you need to post a question about doing IR. Please kindly read through the following reasons as listed in post #2 and post #3, we don't wish to engage in long discussion using this thread and we hope to keep in neat for easy reference. Thank you for your cooperation. Hi Teerex, Please help to delete off those posts and start a new one to combine them if needed. Thank you very much. __________________ 莫问前程有愧,只求今生无悔. Time pasts, Places changed, Beauty faded, what is left are Photos of Memories…

12th March 2006	#2
teerex Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 4,672	Re: Cameras capable of IR Thanks Pablo. Have been wanting to do some house keeping to the original thread. Could not find the time to do so. Most recent additions to the list would be the Olympus E330 and Nikon D200. Can you update the list Pablo. Guys please keep this thread clean with only the list of cameras capable to IR here and have discussions on separate threads. The previous thread had grown too long with other discussions. This thread is sticky for easy reference. Last edited by teerex; 12th March 2006 at 08:51 AM.

17th June 2006	#3
Pablo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Blue/Green Planet Posts: 1,856	Re: Cameras capable of IR Hello all IR interested people. May I ask that if you have a question regarding a particular camera or lens, please create a new thread and ask. The reason I ask that you do this, is that this thread is meant for information about cameras and lens only. (a list). If this thread becomes long by questions and discussions, I have to wipe it and re-do it. This results in your postings being deleted and I don't want to do that. Other than creating a new thread you can also PM me. If I have the answer I will get back to you as soon as I can. If I don't have the answer (I am an amature at this), I will do my best to find out for you. I thank you __________________ Time, is an effortless construction :)