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A practical guide: concepts, cameras, lenses, filters, examples, exposure & post-processing
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1. Introduction
Start here!
2. Image Rendition
Visible spectrum, cameras, color space, infrared vs. color & examples.
3. Cameras and Examples
Infrared camera choices with examples
4. Shooting Considerations
All about shooting in infrared.
5. Image Quality Issues
Unique challenges of digital infrared.
- Hot Spots
- Hot Spots and RGB Color Channels
- Hot Spots and Levels/Curves in Photoshop
- Lens Flare
- Sharpness
- Sharpness in Visible Light vs Infrared
- Sharpness in Red/Green/Blue Channels
- Choice of Aperture / Depth of Field
- Digital Noise
- Digital Noise with Canon 5D
- Digital Noise with Nikon D70
- Digital Noise with Fuji F30, F50, S6000
- Digital Noise with Canon G9
- Choosing a Lens For Infrared Photography
- How the Lenses Were Evaluated
6. Workflow
What to do after you shoot.
- How to Approach Infrared Workflow
- Assessing Infrared Images
- Color Space and Gamut
- 16-bit vs 8-bit Processing
- Raw-file Conversion
- Raw-file Conversion & Digital Photo Professional
- Raw-file Conversion & Nikon Capture
- Inverting Color Channels
- Swapping Color Channels
- Expanding Color
- Grayscale Conversion Examples
- Grayscale Conversion Techniques
- Advanced Workflow: Selective Use of Color
7. Canon Lenses
How Canon lenses perform for infrared use.
- Lenses for Canon
- Focusing for Infrared
- Using Nikon Lenses on Canon EOS Bodies
- Notes on the Lens Assessments
- Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L I and II
- Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L
- Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS
- Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 (on 5D)
- Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS v1
- Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS
- Canon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
- Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye
- Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L
- Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II
- Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L v1
- Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L
- Nikon 45mm f/2.8P (on 5D)
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L
- Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 macro
- Nikon 60mm f/2.8D (on 5D)
- Canon 45-60mm Lens Summary
- Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II
- Canon EF 85mm f/1.8
- Nikon 85mm f/2.8D PC-Micro-Nikkor (on 5D)
- Nikon 85mm f/1.4D (on 5D)
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro
- Canon EF 135mm f/2L
- Canon EF 300mm f/4L
- Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L
8. Nikon Lenses
How Nikon-compatible lenses perform for infrared use.
- Lenses for Nikon
- Notes on the Lens Assessments
- Focusing for Infrared
- Nikon 12-24 f/4G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
- Nikon 17-35 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
- Nikon 17-55 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S DX
- Nikon 18-70 f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX
- Nikon 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX
- Nikon 28-70 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
- Nikon 70-200 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S (v1)
- Nikon 50-300mm f/4.5 ED AI-S
- Nikon 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S
- Nikon 20mm f/3.5 AI-S
- Nikon 24mm f/2 AI-S
- Nikon 28mm f/2 AI-S
- Schneider 28mm f/2.8 PC Super Angulon
- Nikon 28mm f/4 PC-Nikkor
- Nikon 35mm f/1.4 AI-S
- Nikon 35mm f/2.5 Series E
- Nikon 35mm f/2.8 PC-Nikkor
- Nikon 45mm f/2.8P AI-S
- Nikon AF 50mm f/1.4D
- Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8D
- Nikon 58mm f/1.2 NOCT-Nikkor
- Olympus OM 50mm f/1.2 Zuiko
- Summary of Nikon 50mm Lenses
- Nikon 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro Nikkor
- Coastal Optics 60mm f/4 UV-VIS-IR APO Macro
- Nikon 85mm f/2.8 PC-Micro-Nikkor
- Nikon 85mm f/1.4D AF-Nikkor
- Nikon 105mm f/2 DC
- Nikon 105mm f/4 Micro-Nikkor
- Nikon 200mm f/2G ED-IF AF-S VR
- Nikon 300mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
9. Wrap-up and Summary
Conclusions and where to find products and additional information.
10. Photoshop Javascripts and Actions
Scripts you can run to assess and create infrared images.
Published Magazine Articles
PDF versions of selected published articles.
