Beach and Thurlow IR August 2009 Nikon D80_DSC1357

Beach and Thurlow IR August 2009 Nikon D80_DSC1357, originally uploaded by VancouverDoug.

I took the IR conversion plunge a second time and had my Nikon D80 (10 megapixel) converted to IR sensitivity. It's taken a good amount of work and learning to get everything just right but it looks like the final part of the learning curve is complete.

IR photography is very senstivie to focus which is not suprising given that camera makers calibrate their optics for visible light rather than the infra red sort.

I've much more to learn including putting to use what's called the "hyperfocal distance". This is focus setting that, in theory, puts everything start at a certain distance in focus to infinity. Pretty key when you want to get an absolute perfect in focus shot.

Funny - a more sophisticated camera versus my first IR camera (the Nikon D100) is teaching more about IR photography.