Testing out an Alpha 200 - Custom modified Infra-Red camera

[ed9119]

During Crossing Bridges 5 in Cambodia I had the good fortune to beta test a Sony A200 that had undergone an Infra-Red mod job.

I believe this is Ver 7.0

Mod was done within camera with sensor's color-pass filter ....Shot without an external IR filter..... was told an IR Red would have really kicked up the contrast

IR or no IR mod...... the Alpha200 was a pleasure to operate for the 2 days that I had it in the field

[ed9119]

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will post more later

[ed9119]

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[Rashkae]

Glad you enjoyed it!

Errr.... Sorry but I've never actually seen you post here before... An unknown mod?

[Drudkh]

Hey Eddie!

Didn't know you bought a Sony! Post more!

Don.

[ed9119]

Originally Posted by Rashkae Glad you enjoyed it! Errr.... Sorry but I've never actually seen you post here before... An unknown mod?

ha ha..... i'm a person of few words, but i'm always around ..... silently in the background

hi Don... the Sony A200 was a beta camera recently modified and I was just testing its zany colors out..... I might seriously consider getting one of the other Alphas given my genuinely good time I've had with the 200..... gotta love the easy user interface

[Rashkae]

Originally Posted by ed9119 ha ha..... i'm a person of few words, but i'm always around ..... silently in the background hi Don... the Sony A200 was a beta camera recently modified and I was just testing its zany colors out..... I might seriously consider getting one of the other Alphas given my genuinely good time I've had with the 200..... gotta love the easy user interface

And the A200 isn't even the easiest of the Sonys to use... Wait till you try the joystick on the A700/A900.

[ed9119]

I will post the other IR images from this camera here

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showt...80#post4578980

[Drudkh]

Originally Posted by ed9119 ha ha..... i'm a person of few words, but i'm always around ..... silently in the background hi Don... the Sony A200 was a beta camera recently modified and I was just testing its zany colors out..... I might seriously consider getting one of the other Alphas given my genuinely good time I've had with the 200..... gotta love the easy user interface

This is so cool! Kristupa did the modification?

Don.

[pipo999]

So i assume the Sony's do not support IR standard? The Minolta's do without modification.

[Drudkh]

That's not true. Generally, by adding an IR filter on the front of a lens cuts out a huge amount of light and you can probably only take shots via long exposures.
Having done the modification internally, an IR filter on the front of the lens is no longer required and you can shoot at normal exposure times like an unmodified camera.
Many CSers had done this kind of modification and you can find them in the IR/UV forum.
Hope this explains.

[ed9119]

Originally Posted by Drudkh This is so cool! Kristupa did the modification? Don.

no..... this unit was mod'ed by Harlim ...... adding a color filter (eg an IR-Red, Yellow k2 , Green etc etc) would have tweaked the effects further...... some of the camera settings like WB etc had to be set and profile saved for those who are going for other effects

[pipo999]

Originally Posted by Drudkh That's not true. Generally, by adding an IR filter on the front of a lens cuts out a huge amount of light and you can probably only take shots via long exposures. Having done the modification internally, an IR filter on the front of the lens is no longer required and you can shoot at normal exposure times like an unmodified camera. Many CSers had done this kind of modification and you can find them in the IR/UV forum. Hope this explains.

So you are saying it is true, just that it requires long exposure times. Well, who said that compromise is a dirty word huh?

I'm not sure what they charge for modification but I can imagine a filter might be cheaper.

http://www.dynaxdigital.com/index.php/topic,5045.0.html

[solomon76]

Originally Posted by pipo999 So you are saying it is true, just that it requires long exposure times. Well, who said that compromise is a dirty word huh? I'm not sure what they charge for modification but I can imagine a filter might be cheaper. http://www.dynaxdigital.com/index.php/topic,5045.0.html

yes basically the amount of light in the NIR which is about 750 nm is much less compared to that from the visible. You can see this from the spectrum of downwelling solar radiation

However the amount of light reflected from vegetation is much higher. That is why you see that they are much brighter.

[SK1968]

Originally Posted by ed9119 ha ha..... i'm a person of few words, but i'm always around ..... silently in the background hi Don... the Sony A200 was a beta camera recently modified and I was just testing its zany colors out..... I might seriously consider getting one of the other Alphas given my genuinely good time I've had with the 200..... gotta love the easy user interface

Did you eventually get the other Alphas of your mod-ed ? If yes, where did you get that done and how much it cost you ?
I have only 1 cam now and still under warranty but am interested perhaps in getting an A200 to try out the mod.
Tks.

[SK1968]

In case you check your thread post, I have found the company capable of performing the conversion. Now looking for the suitable camera

[Exposure]

good try !