olympus c 4000 infrared
Karsten Jacob
i'm very interested in digital b/w-infrared-photography.
my question: is the olympus c4000 able to take these pictures in high
quality with the right filter? and what IS the right filter?
thanx for answers,
karsten jacob
Val Sharp
> hi newsgroup,
>
> i'm very interested in digital b/w-infrared-photography.
>
> my question: is the olympus c4000 able to take these pictures in high
> quality with the right filter? and what IS the right filter?
See <http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/infrared/>
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jam
You may find useful IR info at
www.cliffshade.com/dpfwiw/ir.htm
The C-4000Z will do well with the popular and forgiving Hoya R72 IR
filter. Whether it can handle deeper filters like the Wratten 87
series, I can't say, but perhaps someone else can chime in there. I
recommend recording IR images in color and converting to B&W in
post-processing as needed.
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Jeremy McCreary
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www.cliffshade.com/dpfwiw/
Denver, CO
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Karsten Jacob
thanks for your answers. i wrote to olympus and they told me, that the
c4000 is NOT ABLE to shot infrared pictures with an infrared-filter. but
i can't believe that. can anyone tell me, where i can find some sample
infrared pics, shot with the c4000?
thanks,
karsten
jam schrieb:
Les Marquart
on the order of 1/10 second and slower. You'll always need a tripod.
Les
Karsten Jacob
hmmmm...that's not really good.
ok, but what is the best digital camera to take infrared pics?
i don't want to take a tripod with me, wherever i want to make pics.
i heared, the canon g1 is almost predestinated for infrared photography.
is that true?
karsten
Les Marquart
hand held; both because of a much greater sensitivity to IR (on the order of
1/60 - 1/30 of a second) and the image stabilization.
Les
AlfredM
> hi again.
>
> thanks for your answers. i wrote to olympus and they told me, that the
> c4000 is NOT ABLE to shot infrared pictures with an infrared-filter. but
> i can't believe that. can anyone tell me, where i can find some sample
> infrared pics, shot with the c4000?
I have a section on infrared photography with the 4040 here:
http://www.molon.de/4040.html#Infrared4040
Maybe that holds also for the 4000.
The (old) Olympus 2000 is very sensitive to infrared radiation. Probably
Olympus has introduced an infrared-blocking filter into the later camera
models, because infrared sensitivity is something undesired in a good
camera (can mess up the white balance).
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Alfred Molon
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Olympus C4040 online resource at http://www.molon.de/4040.html
Photo galleries at http://www.molon.de/Galleries.htm
jam
IMO, the best digital IR cameras to date are the Nikon CoolPix 950,
the Oly C-2020Z and the Oly C-2100UZ. I'd favor the last if you can
find one. With these cameras, you'll get about 5-6 stops of light loss
with an R72 outdoors on a bright sunny day. You should be able to
handhold that most of the time, but I use a monopod with my C-2020Z.
NB: The old Sony 2.1 MP CCD used in all these cameras is much more
IR-sensitive than the newer 2.1 MP version Oly uses in the C-2040Z and
the C-700UZ.
To see what a Canon G1 and a G2 can do with the Hoya R72 IR filter,
visit Don Ellis' site www.kleptography.com and navigate to his IR
page. Don's photos are always worth a look, and he annotates them with
exposure parameters and other useful info, including shutter speeds.
BTW, all decent digital cameras cover their CCDs with internal IR cut
filters--usually one supplied with CCD. Some of these filters are just
more restrictive than others.
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Jeremy McCreary
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Denver, CO
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