2009-06-02

Infrared Photography with Nikon D700

I decided to see if my D700 was suitable for IR photography. I used my old Nikon 18-70mm, which is a DX lens, as it had right size thread for my Hoya IR72 filter at 67mm.

I set the CWB using the PRE, by aiming at the "green green" grass. All the shots were exposed for 30 secs anything less didn't seem to cut it. I got mixed results with the D700.  It is definitely less sensitive to IR than my D70.

It was quite a cloudy day and during the 30 secs exposures if any one of the many clouds moved and blocked out the sun the shot would be ruined.


All Saints Anglican Church - Parramatta

All Saints Anglican Church - Parramatta





I processed all the shots in Photoshop by swapping the red and blue channels. I will have another go at it on a less cloudy day and see if I get better results.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did you make another go at it? I just ordered the B+W 093 IR for my D700.

lozzmann said...

Hi,

Thanks for visiting. Sorry for the late reply. I just got my internet back today, I've been without it for 2 weeks as I cut across to naked adsl.

No I haven't tried it again. I will soon though and will publish my findings here. This time I intend to play with the ISO by cranking it right up and see what I get.

Let me know how you go.

Cheers

Anonymous said...

Thanks, I received my filter and gave it a good go and quickly found out with the 093 swapping channels does not work well. This filter is better suited for black & white IR and they were quite impressive on the D700. I too found 30sec to be matched well at ISO 800 & 640.

lozzmann said...

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback about the 093. I will keep that in mind.

Can you send me a link to your pics? I love to see your BW IR shots. I need some motivation to get off my ass and do more IR but I need some inspiration.

Cheers

Anonymous said...

It's been awhile, here is one I've just posted.

http://nikongear.com/live/index.php?/topic/33500-city-dam/

lozzmann said...

Hi Shasta,

Yes, it has been awhile. The shots look great. What settings did you use? 30 secs at ISO 800??

Cheers
Lawrie

Anonymous said...

Great blog for IR-pictures! Thank you for sharing this! Will keep folloring this.

- Pedro Hansson

http://saarimner.com

lozzmann said...

Thanks for visiting Pedro!

Cheers
Lawrie

JLRSN said...

Please, what else are you shooting: ISO, Aperture?

lozzmann said...

Hi JLRSN,

Thanks for visiting. Sorry for the tardy reply.

Here are my settings:

ISO 200, f/16 for 30secs.

Regards,
Lawrie