D60 & infrared

[LittleG.]

Is the D60 suitable for infrared shooting? Has anybody tried it, and how did they go about it? What were the results like? I am hoping to acquire a hoya R72 but do not know if I need anything else, or whether I should just forget it.

[R055]

D60 is not very good for IR. it has a IR filter. most digital cams do. sony f707 is good for IR cuz you can flip the IR filter up by using the nightshot mode.

[Longwatcher]

This is not completely correct, the CMOS chip on the D60 itself does not record in the infrared portion of the spectrum. Or at least not far enough into it to make a difference.

From my research the Sony F7*7 series cameras mentioned are the best consumer digital cameras for IR. I am considering getting a F717 myself just to play with the IR capabilties. Alternatively there are some surveillance type systems that will mount to camera bodies that have even more IR spectral range, but tend to have less overall resolution. I can't remember right now which camera bodies they mount to, but I remember they are not the Canon body.

[LittleG.]

Ah, bad news then since my camera is canon D60 with canon lenses. Maybe I will take IR into consideration if I ever invest in a new system. Thanks for the feedback anyway.

[jens1204@earthlink.net]

If you have photoshop there is a way to fake infrared using images from the d60 or any camera. I read about it in a magazine a while back and it works pretty well. Just go to the channels pallete and click on the green channel. Then go to the filter menu and choose gaussian blur and blur as much as you like. Then go to the image menu and choose adjust hue/ saturation and slide your saturation down to 0.