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 05/25/2006 04:21:10 PM · #1
I have searched the forums before posting this thread and while I have seen quite a bit on IR I have not seen anyone that has modded a D70. My questions are:

Has anyone on this site modded a DSLR?
and if so what were the results and who did you have it done by?

I thought about doing it myself but the dust scared me away.

Any opinions will be greatly appreciated.
 05/25/2006 04:25:27 PM · #2
You don't have to do any mods to the D70 or the D200 as both are IR sensitive. I do a lot of IR stuff and I use both cameras. Your best bet is to get an IR filter, I use a Hoya R72. Works like a charm. Just make sure you have a tripod due to long exposures. I have one in my portfolio right now that was 30 sec on a cloudy day. the nest day I shot at another location, was sunny and my exposure wa 1min 15sec at f/8. If you were to mod your camera you would only be able to shoot IR and nothing else as you can't go backwards. With the D200 shoot in B&W mode and you don't have to desat ar gray scale anything.
 05/25/2006 04:28:59 PM · #3
I just ran across this at Luminous Landscape. Maybe it is of help:

DSLR Infrared
 05/25/2006 04:40:08 PM · #4
Originally posted by ursula:
I just ran across this at Luminous Landscape. Maybe it is of help:

DSLR Infrared


Thank you both. I have tried the Hoya R72 My IR with the D70 and Hoya R72 but the exposure times are too long and I continually have to recompose the image by taking the filter off everytime I want to take another photo. I have, or I should say my wife has a D200, so the D70 is a backup camera but still at $1,000 I have been hesitant about doing the full conversion. The portraits I have seen in IR look awesome. The Luminous Landscape link you provided was very helpful. Thanks.
 10/25/2006 12:06:05 PM · #5
Renewing an old thread cause I ordered an infrared conversion filter (for my D70) from livepixel.com, and I was hoping someone could give me some advise. I'm having a little buyerĂ¢€™s remorse as I'm just a working class stiff, and I'd hate to screw up a $500-600 camera. I'm mechanically inclined (I used to work as a boat mechanic in my teens), but between the small scale, static electricity issues and fear of dust I'm a little apprehensive. I was hoping someone here might have had experience.

Message edited by author 2006-10-25 12:06:36.
 10/25/2006 12:36:21 PM · #6
Originally posted by hyperfocal:
Renewing an old thread cause I ordered an infrared conversion filter (for my D70) from livepixel.com, and I was hoping someone could give me some advise. I'm having a little buyerĂ¢€™s remorse as I'm just a working class stiff, and I'd hate to screw up a $500-600 camera. I'm mechanically inclined (I used to work as a boat mechanic in my teens), but between the small scale, static electricity issues and fear of dust I'm a little apprehensive. I was hoping someone here might have had experience.


no real experience, but when you decided to dig into this, call me. i wanna come over and watch (help?) you do it.

soon as i can order up a d200, i plan to do this to my d70 as well...

(not that this is going to happen any time soon, though...)

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 10/25/2006 01:28:14 PM · #7
Originally posted by hyperfocal:
Renewing an old thread cause I ordered an infrared conversion filter (for my D70) from livepixel.com, and I was hoping someone could give me some advise. I'm having a little buyerĂ¢€™s remorse as I'm just a working class stiff, and I'd hate to screw up a $500-600 camera. I'm mechanically inclined (I used to work as a boat mechanic in my teens), but between the small scale, static electricity issues and fear of dust I'm a little apprehensive. I was hoping someone here might have had experience.


Send your camera and filter back to them and have them do the conversion. Personally, I get faint when I only clean the sensor, not modify it!
10/27/2006 03:03:02 AM · #8
I know you said you didn't like to recompose each time, but this is a way I have learnt a way to take IR pictures with my D70 without modding the camera. (From a previous post, long time ago)Switch in to any of P S A or M modes. Then you need to go to Preset White balance. Put an IR filter over the front of the lens and then follow the manual instructions for measuring a value of white balance (page 52 of the D70 manual) This means putting a white card or object in front of the lens, go to "Measure" in the "Preset" menu. Press the WB button until the PRE icon starts to flash. Frame and press shutter release all the way down (No photo will be taken) If the camera has measured a value, it will flash "Good" in the screen. If it hasn't it will flash "No gd". Repeat from Framing the picture. I then also dial in +1.3 exposure compensation to whatever the meter reading is. The results have been different - the pictures came out with a blue tone, but it was pleasant, and if required, can be removed in your photo editing software.
 10/27/2006 06:59:05 AM · #9
i started a thread on converting your D70 to IR. saw this one after.
 10/27/2006 08:15:34 AM · #10
From other thread
Quote DavidUS428 "I'm shooting IR now but I find the slow shutter speed of R72 filter very limiting. You might have the same dilemma?

Might find this site helpful.
D70 Conversion at your own risk"


Lifepixel.com also has detailed instructions for installing the hotmirror replacement filters (they also will install it for extra $$$). They offer a clear full spectrum like the link above or an IR only one.

I debated a long time before I ordered my IR filter (for my D70) whether to go IR only or full spectrum as I have two lenses known for UV (Nikon 35mm f2.5 & Nikkor EL-63mm). In the end I wanted to be able to shoot IR without adding an additional filter and the response graph of the lifepixel unit that I ordered is low enough that I could still use the Hoya R72 and B+W 87c filters I already own for different cutoff points.

Message edited by author 2006-10-27 08:19:29.
 10/27/2006 08:40:23 AM · #11
I keep wishing more and more that I had kept my D70 instead of selling it after I got my D200. If I had, I'd have gotten the IR mod done to it.
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