IR Filters - INFRARED Help?

I want to get a IR filter.

Here is the list on B&H for list of 77mm filters. What is the good one to get?
There is like 4 or 5 different B+W ones, and 2 Hoya ones that are more expensive than the B+W filters??

Don't know which to choose?


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no one?

I purchased the Hoya R72 filter and it works great except for the fact that you have to compose your shot, screw on the filter, expose for approximately 20 seconds. I don't like not being able to compose and fire away so I had my original Digital Rebel converted to IR through Lifepixel and I love it. Bottom lline, the Hoya R72 filter works good for IR, but having a converted camera works great. The first photo was taken using the converted camera, the second one was taken using R72.

Adaptive wrote in post #5176986
I want to get a IR filter.

Here is the list on B&H for list of 77mm filters. What is the good one to get?
There is like 4 or 5 different B+W ones, and 2 Hoya ones that are more expensive than the B+W filters??

Don't know which to choose?

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …&basicSubmit=Su​bmit+Query

I tried the Hoya R72 (77mm) several months back but decided to go with a converted body instead. If you just want to dabble in IR, a filter is probably the way to go, even with its limitations. If you want to get into IR deeper, then a converted camera body is definitely the way to go.

Filter limitations: long exposure times, tripod will be necessary, you may have to compose, focus, and then attach the filter. AF may be ineffective. Also, if foliage is in your pictures, any breeze will cause it to move during the long exposure and will appear OOF in the final image (same for cloud movement).

Converted body: 'normal' exposure times, meter through the lens, AF, a tripod not always necessary.

Adaptive wrote in post #5176986
I want to get a IR filter.

Here is the list on B&H for list of 77mm filters. What is the good one to get?
There is like 4 or 5 different B+W ones, and 2 Hoya ones that are more expensive than the B+W filters??

Don't know which to choose?

Been the same route as the replies above! Only difference is I bought a 58mm Hoya R72 filter to test / try IR photography instead of spending what a 77mm filter costs. Decided before buying a 77mm that spending that much (and a little more) on a conversion of my old 10D was a much smarter idea. Found out it is a MUCH easier process to get an IR photo too!

The above described method does not compare in any way to having a walk around IR digital camera ... just point and shoot, like you would any digital SLR! (with minor adjustments)