IR with the s9500

Mohain

Mohain

Mohain

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Fed up with waiting for CMT's IR samples from his s9500 ;) I went and ordered a Hoya r72 filter and gave it a go. Well, it works! Seems to get a big hotspot in most of the images, I need some more experimentation to see if I can get rid of/lessen it (I've only been out this morning to try it out). Anyway, here's a sample to prove it can be done, despite reading to the contrary on this board. I'm not looking for critique necessarily, although if the fancy takes you please feel free ... it's more a post to show that IR is possible on the s9500.

Oh and no judges please. I like to keep my options open ;)

ir_chruch.jpg


More to follow if the fancy takes me or if anyone is interested.

Cheers,

Mohain
 
been reading up about the Fuji S2/S3 pro DSLR's are good for IR too.

Nice IR shot, gets me in the mood for when im in scotland :)
 
Fstop11 said:
looking good. Supprised a fuji can do it to be honest. What were the techie read outs ?
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Cheers F11 :) You mean the Exif? Sorry, forgot to 'save as' instead of 'save for web' (I'm so lazy :o).

100 ASA, 30 secs, F9.

Colin, googled for Hoya r72 58mm. Got it for £34 delivered I think. It can probably be got for less?? Technique is as has been described here a few times; compose and focus without filter, swtich to maual filter, adjust focus slightly, put on filter, shoot. It has been suggested to set white balance with filter on to what you want as white (grass for instance) but I've found that you can set this OK in ACR. Any reason why I should be doing manual white balance instead of setting it after on the PC? Anyway, then I used a downloaded action set called Brads IR Action which swaps blue and red channels amongst other things. As I said all my images have had a big hot spot which needs dealing with, which is a right pain TBH.

Here's another, not as good but Exif attached this time ...

ir_chruch2.jpg


Cheers,

Mohain
 
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Mohain said:
Fed up with waiting for CMT's IR samples from his s9500 ;)
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oops - my bad.

Been realy busy at work, and not had time to sort out my FTP settings for my webspace. (poor excuse i know)


the hotspot is something that can be edited out in post processing with a bit of manipulation.

I found that the hotspot varies in size depending on the zoom level, leading me to believe it is internal reflections within the lens.
 
Anyone wanna swop a circular polarizer for a hoya r72? I will even chuck in a free uv filter for free ;)

Nice shots Mohain, I'm impressed again by the s9500's capability :eek:
 
Colin_da_Killer said:
Anyone wanna swop a circular polarizer for a hoya r72? I will even chuck in a free uv filter for free ;)

Nice shots Mohain, I'm impressed again by the s9500's capability :eek:
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got one here you could have (hoya R72)



Bought an extra when i got mine from HK, with some other stuff.

interested?, mail me to keep it off the forum ;)

cmt
 
Seeing as someone else has bumped this thread I thought I'd just post this ;)

ir_graveyard.jpg


I probably should have entered it in the comp. Oh well, too late now :)

Cheers,

Mohain
 
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