Under development (starting 9-May-2008). More to come... this gallery will be devoted to a self modified P&S camera with removal of the hot mirror and replacement of clear glass and then combined with a Hoya R72 IR Filter. Eventually I will post more images and an instruction set on how this camera was modified. If I get ambitious I will probably replace the clear glass with an IR pass filter. If anyone is interested, this is a old 2.0MP Sony DSC-P51 -- there is no provision for manual exposure so it needs to be tricked to a high f-stop using one of the scene modes. If you have a comment or question about IR, please put a note in the guestbook or leave a comment and I will get back to you (usually via pbase-mail or email)...
Update: June-2008 – I have replaced the clear glass with a piece of IR Pass Filter which was hand cut down to size from 2" x 2" sheet. Stock thickness of this filter was close (1.5mm) to original hot mirror (1.7mm) and differection index was similar. The camera still seems to autofocus within acceptable parameters. This IR filter is thermoset resin, easy to cut and very inexpensive. I paid less than $7 usd for it + shipping. edmundoptics.com Item #43953. I intend to publish detailed conversion instructions, but general laziness is preventing me from doing so at current time. Hopefully soon! Current favorite setting is EV +1, WB Tungsten, focus forced to 7M or Infinity. This camera is so old it does not have Custom WB or even a histogram readout. First image with this modification starts at #01029.
Totally brilliant gallery - one of the best sets of IR I have ever seen. I especially like the way you incorporated other colors. GMV
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19-Jun-2008 04:36
I love this gallery, great IR shots!
Pierre
14-Jun-2008 09:42
Hi Dave, I have for a long time wanted to convert my DSC-P51 to infrared. A while back, I removed the ir block filter and replaced it with black 35mm negatives. It works, but it's hard to find clean stock and the camera just doesn't want to focus. So I left this project until this week. I was about to purchase some quality ir filter and checking the internet for information about the DSC-P51 and found your site. Your pictures are simply amazing. I sure would love to know how you did those wonderfully inspiring pictures, and how you converted your camera. Thank you for getting me fired up about my camera again. Hope to hear from you... Pierre