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Don, tough call. The mkII is still 16MP and is no slouch even by today's 20+mp standards, is also a weather-proofed camera, so I'd be tempted to keep it visible light for lightning spread and back-up in that environment.Do I combine the two cameras for a greater spread of lightning or do I convert to IR.
You get the best IR effects when there's a lot of light available, natural or artificial, not much going on in its absence. There wont be any noticeable difference shooting dark skies with an IR converted or standard camera, specially in monochrome without lighting up the environment.The other side of that coin is lightning captures might be very cool combined with IR backgrounds -- have no idea, but it's a thought worth considering -- and would certainly work for monochrome lightning images...
Yeah that thought keeps creeping into my head tooG-10 as a IR camera sounds like a barrel of fun to me
Actually David, this isn't quite true. On our workshops we demonstrate just how much IR is available about an hour before or after sunrise due to residual heat energy.You get the best IR effects when there's a lot of light available, natural or artificial, not much going on in its absence. There wont be any noticeable difference shooting dark skies with an IR converted or standard camera, specially in monochrome without lighting up the environment.
A couple of weeks -- but apparently you can pay $100 for something like a 2-day turn around.Any idea of the turn around time for Precision?
There is light during that period, the sky isn't dark yet.Actually David, this isn't quite true. On our workshops we demonstrate just how much IR is available about an hour before or after sunrise due to residual heat energy.
Yes there is still some light, but you said,There is light during that period, the sky isn't dark yet.
There certainly isn't a LOT of light an hour before sunrise or after sunset.You get the best IR effects when there's a lot of light available, natural or artificial
I've been using a Cokin 007 IR 89B filter first on the 1Ds and currently with the WRS. Not bad results just think I could always do better - that's why I'm thinking of the conversion.Don: The Moab shots were done with a 720nm filter over the lens of my M8. The M8's leak enough IR to make images, so being able to mount a filter on the lens and still see through the RF viewfinder, make them viable to use either way