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I had my A7r converted to full spectrum monochrome by Monochrome Imaging Services. I'm very pleased with the monochrome A7r with both Sony FE lenses and 3rd party lenses as well. Vivek has also used this company for his monochrome conversions.I am thinking of converting my Sony A7R to a dedicated B+W camera. Can I expect any focusing problems with any sony FE or 3rd party lenses? Who/What company is recommended for such a conversion?
I am the satisfied owner of an A7r modified by Daniel Morrison at MonochromeImaging (MonochromeImaging.com). Daniel knows his stuff and can modify your camera include or exclude IR. It took me some practice to get the optimum exposure and I had to tweak the viewfinder to approximate the grayscale, but in my view the effort was worth it. To get the best out of your monochrome camera you will need some color contrast filters e.g., yellow, green, orange, red, to separate colors that would otherwise map to the same shades of gray, but again the process is not difficult. Also, there is a useful utility called Monochrome2DNG (fastrawviewer.com) that removes the magenta cast that you would otherwise have to dial out in Lightroom. So a quick trip to Monochrome2DNG, then into Lightroom and process as usual.I am thinking of converting my Sony A7R to a dedicated B+W camera. Can I expect any focusing problems with any sony FE or 3rd party lenses? Who/What company is recommended for such a conversion?
Not true. He's finishing up my conversion this weekend. He still owns the company.Daniel has since sold the Company or in the process. No work is being done
Hi,i have contacted him several times and thats what he said.
Hi,
I'm not sure when you last contacted him, but perhaps send him an email and see what he says. Perhaps he is slowing down his work, but he is just finishing up my conversion. Also, he told me that he has a list of people that want it done. I'll post pics when I get it back and take some test shots.
GL
Joel
I am going to take you up on your offer of helpAt the risk of being immodest, I've become quite skilled with nighttime photography and will be happy to answer any questions about it you might have or share some tips about to optimize the experience as well as the quality of photos taken using long exposures. I have also become generally knowledgeable about infrared photography, too, although I'm still learning about photographing at night using infrared light, because I only started experimenting with this two or three weeks ago and the technical aspects of it are proving to be quite a bit trickier to master than I expected...
Sure, but the best way is probably via email instead of corresponding inside of a thread. I'll PM you my direct email address.I am going to take you up on your offer of help
Well, actually, the camera I'm using for my IR photography at the moment is a DIY full-spectrum modified Samsung NX500. I used this camera because 1) it was handy and 2) not worth very much these days, but it turns out it works very, very well for IR photography, at least for exposures at base ISO and as long as 45 seconds or so. (Unfortunately, any longer than that and the sensor gets really noisy and amp glow [or something that appears similar to it] starts to appear as well. Oddly, I also have weird artifacts appearing sometimes when I'm using very short exposures and I have no idea why this is so.)Any tips on IR at night? You have used the a7r, and it appears that this one is really prone to the 'bright spot' phenomenon. Any lens combo you would suggest?