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Infrared on unmodifed A6000 ? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Marvido@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am interested in trying out infrared with my Sony A6000, it is not modifed so just normal.

Can I use it as it is with a Hoya R72 filter, just to try it out, it is my only camera so not interested to have it converted before trying it out extensively.

I did the test with a tv remote and it shows up really nice on the camera, is that enough ?

Maybe someone has actual experience with this, before i order the R72 filter.

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[–] oldlurker114@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I used to use unmodified Sony NEX-7 for some IR work, but the exposure times were very long as the camera's IR filter cuts by far most of IR, thus a tripod was an absolute must. I imagine it's pretty much the same for A6000 as it's not likely that Sony has made the camera's IR filter any weaker as that would influence colour reproduction siginificantly (like with the fiasco called Leica M8).

So you need an aproperiate filter - that R72 is likely fine, a tripod and a lens which is decently corrected (+decent coatings) for the IR wavelenghts to avoid hotspots. I think you can google for a list of suitable lenses.