IR shots with coolpix 990

[Robert Jander <rjander@xxxxx>]

A friend of mine just bought a coolpix 990.
The first thing we tried was putting a R72 filter in front of the lens and
looking at the LCD for the infrared effect.
Unfortunately there was NO infrared effect visible :-(  while my coolpix 950
showed a beautiful one.

I just wanted to let you know this, all I knew 'til now was just reading
about this, but now I tried it myself....

Regards

Robert

Andy Finney schrieb:

>
> BBTW: Nikon's tech support lived up to their reputation (thanks
> Rolland) by successfully playing telephone tag on their terms which
> made it difficult for me to get more information on the 990's
> infrared ability. The last message did say that a D1 filtered IR to
> 50% at 600 nm which seems OK but they didn't say what the
> characteristics were for the 990. This does suggest that D1 and 950
> colour images will be improved a bit by shooting through an IR
> blocker since the concern was for unreal skin tones. I believe there
> can also be 'bloom' when a very bright light gets into your scene,
> such as a flash reflection.
>
> ... and Rolland, I hope you can get your hands on a 990 and let us
> know how practical it is to remove the IR blocker without screwing up
> the camera operation or CCD surface.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
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