{"id":365,"date":"2008-10-08T12:21:30","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T02:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=365"},"modified":"2008-10-13T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T01:03:53","slug":"digital-infrared-olympus-e510-zd-50mm-macro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Digital infrared – Olympus E510 + ZD 50mm macro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just to prove you don’t need an expensive camera like the Canon 1DMIII in my last post<\/a>, or a IR-modified camera to do digital infrared photography, this post is to show you that the Olympus dSLRs have some advantages over other un-modified dSLRs.<\/p>\n

\"IR<\/a><\/p>\n

As with the Canon 1DMIII and other current un-modified dSLRs, the strong IR blocking filter means you will need to use a tripod and long exposure times<\/strong> which can be an advantage as mentioned in the previous post.<\/p>\n

I chose the Olympus ZD 50mm f\/2.0 macro lens<\/strong> for this IR beach shot as it has a 52mm filter thread <\/strong>and thus I can use an inexpensive 52mm Hoya R72 filter<\/strong> on this lens and via a 49-52mm step up ring, on the Olympus OM wide angle lenses (On the Canon and the Olympus, I can use the 21mm, 24mm and 28mm lenses all with 49mm threads).<\/p>\n

Another reason I used this lens is that its wide aperture combined with Olympus’ unique Live Boost live preview means I can compose and autofocus in bright sunlight<\/strong>, and indeed, you can actually see enough in the optical viewfinder to compose in bright sunlight.<\/p>\n

It also has the advantage I don’t have to manually close down the aperture as with the OM lenses.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, the technique is similar to that I posted for the Canon 1DMIII.<\/p>\n

Here is another shot with sepia toning:<\/p>\n

\"sepia<\/a><\/p>\n

To get this shot, I used a very compact cheap tripod in the water so it is not as steady as the previous one, and to top it off just after the shot was completed, a wave splashed over my E510<\/strong>, but incredibly, after a bit of a rushed shake and clean down, it kept working and has done so ever since (fingers crossed).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just to prove you don’t need an expensive camera like the Canon 1DMIII in my last post, or a IR-modified camera to do digital infrared photography, this post is to show you that the Olympus dSLRs have some advantages over other un-modified dSLRs. As with the Canon 1DMIII and other current un-modified dSLRs, the strong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[66,14,40],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrared-photography","tag-infrared","tag-olympus","tag-zd-50mm-macro"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t