The infrared filter is almost opaque to my eyes, but not to my Nikon's CCD.
Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
—Swift
A quick experiment with the TV remote control demonstrated that my camera could see infrared.[1] Then I had to visit eBay.
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Back yard: IR
For comparison, here's the same scene in all of its visible spectrum resplendence:
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Back yard
Neither image has much artistic merit, but I do like the ethereal quality that IR lends to the trees. I think this filter is a keeper.
[1]Take your camera to a dark room, point the remote at the lens, push the shutter and some button on the remote at about the same time. If you get a picture of the LED in the remote glowing brightly, your camera can see IR. If it's pitch black, it probably can't.
Comments:
Hi Norm, I liked the infra-red pictures and I'm intrigued...it might be a dumb question, but what did you buy from ebay to help you do this?