IR with A200

[haqeel]

i was just wondering who here does IR with A200 without mod.?

if you are, do u mind sharing a photo so u can inspire me more?

thank you!

[haqeel]

seems like no one have it?

[JeffryZ]

Konica Minolta A200? I used to have one of those before I moved up to a digital SLR. It does have a filter ring on the front of the lens so you can put an IR filter on it but that was before I got into IR so I did not try it. I think it will work fine but it will require longer exposures so you will want to use a tripod with it.

[haqeel]

yeah. i have an IR filter. but its really2 damn troublesome cos i have to focus first before i can screw in the filter. and when i screw in, i would tend to accidentally movie the foucs ring and when at the end, the image turn out to be out of focused. :/

any tips?

anw, i saw your IR photos at your photosite.

[fatigue]

Originally Posted by haqeel yeah. i have an IR filter. but its really2 damn troublesome cos i have to focus first before i can screw in the filter. and when i screw in, i would tend to accidentally movie the foucs ring and when at the end, the image turn out to be out of focused. :/ any tips? anw, i saw your IR photos at your photosite.

How about using a not so sticky tape to your focusing ring after focusing?
If you're using a lens with distance scale, just remember the distance after setting the focus

[haqeel]

good idea! why i never thought of that! thanks alot

[haqeel]

so ive tried with it.
looks kinda ugly?
i took this picture just outside the window of my house.

i need advices and tips.

heres the picture.



thanks.

[teerex]

Looks fine. Do a channel swap if you want blue sky.

A little of over exposure on the sky at the top center and right.

[haqeel]

Originally Posted by teerex Looks fine. Do a channel swap if you want blue sky. A little of over exposure on the sky at the top center and right.

i tried making the sky blue, but it turn out to be ugly.
i guess its becuase at this time i took the picture, it was grey sky, so i couldnt get a blue one. haha. alright, i will try again and post it up here again. thanks.

[haqeel]

ive edited to make the sky look more like very cloudy since its over exposed as said?



is this better?

[JeffryZ]

Grey days do not come out that well as far as trying to get a blue sky since most of the image is often in simliar colors- so it all tends to go blue. You are getting some nice IR with the camers. Good sharpness. I really liked that camera and sometimes wish I still had it (sold it cheap to a friend at work who takes lots of pictures of his kids with it). I think #2 gets too dark here. You can try using some sort of masking (there are different ways you can do this) and just change the color of the sky or you could try just going to black and white. The contrast is great.

[haqeel]

Originally Posted by JeffryZ Grey days do not come out that well as far as trying to get a blue sky since most of the image is often in simliar colors- so it all tends to go blue. You are getting some nice IR with the camers. Good sharpness. I really liked that camera and sometimes wish I still had it (sold it cheap to a friend at work who takes lots of pictures of his kids with it). I think #2 gets too dark here. You can try using some sort of masking (there are different ways you can do this) and just change the color of the sky or you could try just going to black and white. The contrast is great.

noted! thanks!

[haqeel]

so today i tried another attempt. (:



theres a hotspot
so i had to PP add in lens flare to make it not too obvious..


and i dropped my filter and cracked it abit
but thank god, it did not really affect my image.

please give me advices and tips cos i really love IR photos and wanna learn more
thanks! ((:

[tc-95]

Here is my Channel-Mixer version using PS3 and Nikon NX2.....

I do have an A200 coming sometime next week that has been converted...I will post pictures here once I have the camera and take a few test shots....

Hope you like this....





To get rid of your hot-spot in the second picture stop down the lens to f6 thru f10 and take pictures every stop to figure out the sweet spot for your lens....remeber IR is totaly different than normal light....so stopping down is not a bad thing...

Tony C.

[haqeel]

Originally Posted by tc-95 I do have an A200 coming sometime next week that has been converted...I will post pictures here once I have the camera and take a few test shots....

cool. how much did u pay to convert it to IR?
im thinking of converting my a200 after i buy a second body which will probably be next year? haha.

thanks. u manged to get the sky blue which i kept trying to play with the sliders and get stressed up cos it just turn worser. alright. do post some pictures here when ure a200 is ready! i'll be looking forward!

oh, and anw, what lens will u be using for it?

[mdzmr]

My try. Just playing with colour mixer.

Hope you don't mind. I can remove it if you don't like it.

[haqeel]

Originally Posted by mdzmr My try. Just playing with colour mixer. Hope you don't mind. I can remove it if you don't like it.

its alright.
its fun playing with the sliders right

[JeffryZ]

That is the name of the game for IR- play around and see what works!

mdzmr- your colors came out pretty nice. Maybe try to lighten the blue and perhaps that will brighten up the buildings?