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I have had a couple of converted cameras and it makes it a lot easier, needless to say. The first was a canon 20d with the IR filter removed. The one I have now is a Panasonic lumix and had that converted by a company that does conversions and adjust the sensor etc. as the canon was a diy job it threw out the focus quite wildly and wouldn’t focus to infinity.
I bought the Panasonic in 2016. It’s a full spectrum conversion, so you can use numerous colour and IR filters on the lens or even a filter to take it back to a standard camera with UV and IR filtered out.
If going dslr I would go full spectrum, if a pocket camera then get a set IR filter of your choice, since you can’t really add filters to them.
I would ideally choose a full sensor camera to convert but it’s costly on lenses and filters potentially.
I went with a micro four thirds camera as I use an elaborate home brew lens set up and the particular camera was good for video at the time.
Examples of photos from the Panasonic in monochrome and the canon one is the colour image.
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I got into IR photography a while back with a filter.
Stopped as it was cumbersome to take a tripod and calculate exposures as it is quite a hefty few stops it adds on.
Looking into converted cameras so I can point and shoot a little more, anyone had any experience?
I have an old D40 I could get converted but IIRC it is not an ideal candidate for conversion.
Might check eBay for someone selling one.