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Welcome

to the Technic section of my photography website. The gallery on this page is a tech-gallery with lens and camera details. If it is too geeky for you, feel free to escape to the Art section, where it's all about pictures.
But if you always wondered how a camera looks from the inside or why white-balance is important for infrared work, you've come to the right place!


Let's get it on!
     Jens


The camera captures light,
you capture the moment!
2005 by me



Shot with my modified 2040IR and crossed polarizers
Updates:
March 1st, 2010 New IR sensitivities! ir_comparisons.html
Kodak_P850_ir...
Nikon_D70_ir...
canon_300D_ir_...
February 9th, 2009 Sensor filter modding on the Pentax *ist D and link to new professional modding service. modding.html
November 28th, 2008 Infrared-enabled Pentax *ist DS = *ist DSIR pentax_ist_DSIR.html
May 28th, 2008 Some pointers about broken SmartMedia cards. SmartMedia_recovery.html
January 23rd, 2008 My totally non-authoritive non-review of the 5D is online. Canon_EOS_5D.html
November 12th, 2007 A bit more about problems with the SCA 3000 system. And a new IR sensitivity. Flash Page
FinePix_S9500_ir...
September 9th, 2007 Sorry for taking so long, but finally, more IR sensitivities! If you have sent me IR samples and I haven't incorporated them yet, please contact me. ir_comparisons.html canon_powershot_S3_ir...
Fujifilm_Fuji_FinePix_F11...
Nikon_D100_ir_sensitivity.html
Sony_R1_ir_sensitivity.html
Nikon_D50_ir_sensitivity.html
Fujifilm_Fuji_FinePix_IS-1...
ir_filter.html
August 12th, 2007 Christian solves the Metz SmartAuto Flash problem! Flash Page
July 27th, 2007 Sorry for the lack of updates. I was busy doing my NZ page and the photo gallery. Today I extended the flash pages a bit further: AF assist and flash. To those who have sent me IR samples: I'm sorry, they are not forgotten, and will be used. Thanks!
May 6th, 2007 New IR data from Thomas Koehler, new camera mod, by Thomas, too. modding.html
ir_comparisons.html
May 2nd, 2007 Quite a long time without update, but I did a few corrections behind the scenes and uploaded many new images in my "Art" section. Anyway, today is IR day, with new or updated pages. Kodak_Z740_ir...
...FinePix_IS-1_ir...
Kodak_DC4800_ir...
olympus_FE110_ir...
January 6th, 2007 Started a new page "How to Macro". Enjoy.
macro_technique.html
December 30th, 2006 Updated a few pages and rearranged my IR filter infos onto one page.
ir_filter.html
modding.html
flash_technique.html
December 28th, 2006 Found out a bit more on Smart Auto flash and added a new IR evaluation.
Nikon_5400_IR_sensitivity.html
ist_DS_internalflash.html
November 24th, 2006 more details for postprocessing of reddish IR shots
ir_post_red.html
November 5th, 2006 two new IR sensitivities
Pentax_Optio_S60_ir...
Panasonic_DMC-LC5_IR...
October 29th, 2006 Flash Info Page updated
ist_DS_internalflash.html
September 26th, 2006 two new IR sensitivities
Pentax_K100D_ir_...
canon_powershot_S2_ir...
August 24th, 2006 Daniel has published a new IR sensitivity for the Olympus µ mini. A new link on the SmartMedia page.
ir_comparisons.html
Daniel's µ mini
SmartMedia_recovery.html
August 21st, 2006 New IR sensitivities, Flash page updated
canon_powershot_A540...
Panasonic_FX01...
Konica-Minolta_Z20...
Flash
July 9th, 2006 New IR sensitivities supplied by Daniel, John and Jonny
Minolta A1, Samsung GX-1S, Nikon D100
June 5th, 2006 Some new flash stuff!
ist_DS...flash.html
June 1st, 2006 Much new flash stuff!
ist_DS...flash.html
May 25th, 2006 New IR sensitivities supplied by Daniel - thanks!!
Canon A510, Minolta 2300, Olympus C-4040, Sony P32
May 6th, 2006 New IR sensitivities
Fujifilm_FinePix_S602_ir...
Pentax_ist_DL_ir...
April 28th, 2006 New IR sensitivities
Olympus_C50Z_ir_...
Fuji_FinePix4700_ir...
Olympus_C3040Z_ir...
Olympus_C300Z_ir...
March 19th, 2006 New Software RateSlide, a rating slideshow. Now with Souce Code
RateSlide.html
March 13th, 2006 small updates in the last weeks, new IR sensitivity
Panasonic_FZ7_IR
February 2nd, 2006 New flash info. Two new lenses. Macro Shootouts made official.
ist_DS_internalflash
Tokina_80-400mm_4.5-5.6
Pentax_DA_12-24_4
macro2_shootout.html
macro3_shootout.html
February 1st, 2006 New IR sensitivities
ir_comparisons.html
Konica-Minolta_5D_ir_
Fuji_Finepix_S3pro_ir_
January 10th, 2006 New lens
Hartblei_80mm_2.8.html
January 9th, 2006 New reader's camera!
mod_oly.html
January 8th, 2006 three new IR comparisons
ir_comparisons.html
Nikon_D50_ir...
canon_powershot_S50_ir...
Sony_H1_ir_sensitivity.html
December 19th, 2005 Brief info on the Sigma 28mm 1.8
Sigma_28mm_1.8.html
December 12th, 2005 a bit more about flash on Pentax dSLRs
ist_DS_internalflash.html
November 21th, 2005 New IR sensitivities, new modding site
Jenoptik_Jendigital_...
GX8 on ir_comparisons.html
modding.html
November 20th, 2005 New IR sensitivities!!!
Kodak_DC4800_ir_...
Sony_DSC_P93_ir_...
Sony_Mavica_FD200_ir_...
Fujifilm_Fuji_FinePix_S7000_ir_...
5M_DigitalCAM_ir_...
October 3rd, 2005 New IR sensitivity
New Camera
Ricoh_Caplio_GX_ir_...
Ricoh_Caplio_GX.html
October 1st, 2005 New IR sensitivity
35mm Shoot-Out
Sigma 28mm 1.8 added
canon_powershot_S60_ir...
35mm_shootout.html
28mm_shootout.html
September 27th, 2005 New IR sensitivities, modded camera link and Pentax links Canon_A620_ir_sensitivity
Minolta_A200_ir_sensitivity modding.html
links.html
September 26th, 2005 Filter options for infrared photography ir_filter.html
September 19th, 2005 Expanded Pentax DS flash section ist_DS_internalflash
September 10th, 2005 Restructured modding pages, postprocessing of Sigma SD10 IR shots mod_dimage.html
mod_oly.html ir_post_SD10.html
September 1st, 2005 28mm Shootout 28mm_shootout.html
August 28th, 2005 Small corrections&additions, SmartMedia recovery and IR AutoFocus, new "modded camera" link SmartMedia_recovery
ir_light.html
mod_oly.html
modding.html
August 14th, 2005 Wide Angle Shootout redone, three "new" lenses wideangle_shootout.html
SMC Takumar 135mm 3.5
Tamron Adaptall 17mm 3.5
Flektogon 20mm 2.8
August 9th, 2005 Wide Angle Shootout on APS-C CCD wideangle_shootout.html
August 7th, 2005 IR and Curves ir_post.html
August 7th, 2005 50mm Bokeh Shootout bokeh.html
August 4th, 2005 A new company at the modding pages. modding.html
July 26th, 2005 A bit more about polarizers and infrared polarizer.html
July 24th, 2005 Mr. Wrotniak's IR results of the Olympus E-300 ir_comparisons.html
July 17th, 2005 A brief new section on IR & AF (Autofocus) ir_light.html
July 16th, 2005 My "beta" gallery is now official: gallery.html
July 15th, 2005 Slightly updated the modding overview.
Postprocessing of "red IR images"
modding.html
ir_post_red.html
July 7th, 2005 New Nikon D70 conversion link. modding.html
July 6th, 2005 Added Bjørn Rørslett's IR data of the Nikon D2x to my table. ir_comparisons.html
http://www.naturfotograf.com/
June 30th, 2005 Olympus 7000 IR updated olympus_7000_ir...
June 28th, 2005 New IR sensitivities Olympus_E-1_ir_sensitivity
3MegaCam_ir_sensitivity
June 22nd, 2005 New IR sensitivity olympus_7000_ir...
June 12th, 2005 Hey, a new lens! Repeat after me: "Series 1"! Vivitar_90mm_2.5.html
June 11th, 2005 New IR sensitivity Maginon_DC2050_IR_...
June 7th, 2005 New sample shots Panagor_Macro_Converter...
June 6th, 2005 Reestablished the email address - sorry for any inconvenience!
June 5th, 2005 New IR sensitivity Vivanco_Bazoo_ir...
June 2nd, 2005 Some new modding links for Canon 300D modding.html
June 1st, 2005 II Unmodified Pentax *ist DS IR shots to download ir_post_red.html
June 1st, 2005 Olympus C750UZ IR sensitivity olympus_750_ir_sensitivity.html
May 29th, 2005 Divided IR post-processing and added two more examples to it. Two more links. ir_post.html
links.html
May 27th, 2005 Links now a separate page
New sample shot
D7IR "gallery"
links.html
Panagor_Macro_Converter
mod_dimage.html
May 26th, 2005 New links (still beta)
New sample shot
cameras.html
Panagor_Macro_Converter
May 24th, 2005 New repair link for Olympus 2100
New sample shot
modding.html
Sigma_18-125mm_3.5-5.6
May 23rd, 2005 Added info about IR reflectivity of anodized metal, sample shots with the Panagor Macro Converter irbasic.html
Panagor_Macro_Converter
May 19th, 2005 II Sample Shots of my Sigma 18-125 in Austria. Rearranged some pics, hopefully no broken links! Sigma_18-125mm_3.5-5.6
May 19th, 2005 Streamlined IR pages, added water-comparison and BG39 test. 2040IR sample shots irbasic.html
modding.html
mod_oly.html
May 8th, 2005 Fuji E550 IR sensitivity
Yet more sample shots
Fujifilm_FinePix_E550_IR_... Tokina_28mm_2.0
May 8th, 2005 new lenses and sample shots Tokina_28mm_2.0
Domiplan_50mm_2.8
Tamron_35-80mm_2.8-3.5
Sigma_18-125mm_3.5-5.6
April 30th, 2005 Olympus WCON 08B plus Sigma 18-125mm Sigma_18-125mm_3.5-5.6
April 25th, 2005 II More sample shots Porst_35mm_1.8.html
Revuenon_28-70_4.0.html
April 25th, 2005 I More info about the modified M42 adapter M42_auto_adapter_Pentax_PK
April 24th, 2005 Webspace upgrade! jr-worldwi.de outgrew its 100MB webspace so I had to upgrade. It costs a bit of money but the nice contacts I made via and the fun I had with jr-worldwi.de make this a worthwhile investment. I hope you will like the "extended version".     Jens
April 22nd, 2005 II IR sample with Pentax *ist DS Pentax_ist_DS_ir_sensitivity
Porst_ColorReflex_50mm_1.7
April 22nd, 2005 Some sample images Zenit_Jupiter-9_85mm_2.0
Porst_ColorReflex_50mm_1.7
April 21st, 2005 Some sample images for several lenses
and the Tokina 28mm 2.0 "tested".
lenses.html
Tokina_28mm_2.0.html
April 19th, 2005 minor rework, added body+lens image to each lens page. lenses.html
April 16th, 2005 Full-res IR samples for D7 and D7IR, minor rework of parts of the IR pages ir_post.html
mod_dimage.html
April 10th, 2005 Improved M42 Auto Manual adapter M42_auto_adapter_Pentax_PK
April 9th, 2005 New lenses, not tested yet.
Repair your Pentax *ist DS viewfinder
lenses.html
modding.html
April 7th, 2005 Canon PowerShot Pro70 IR sensitivity Canon _PowerShot_Pro70...
April 5th, 2005 Nikon 2100 IR sensitivity Nikon_CP2100_ir_sensitivity
April 4th, 2005 Added to the Revuenon 55mm 1.2 Revuenon55_1p2.html
March 31st, 2005 Fixed the Westron lens page Westron 35mm 2.8
March 29th, 2005 Mildly updated the battery pack page
debugged some IR pages
mod_dimage_power.html
ir_comparisons.html
March 28th, 2005 Some shots over easter and infrared shooting with the *ist DS Porst 35mm 1.8
Porst 55mm 1.4
ir_comparisons.html
March 25th, 2005 a bit info on my M42 bodies, Porst and Revue cameras.html
March 25th, 2005 Isco Göttingen Westron 35mm 2.8 Isco_Goettingen_Westron...
March 24th, 2005 Asahi Optical Co. 55mm 2.0 Asahi_Optical_Co_55mm_2.0
March 23rd, 2005 Meyer Görlitz 200mm/4 Meyer_Goerlitz_Orestegor...
March 20th, 2005 Pentax *ist DS flash reach
Dimage 7 modding reader comment
ist_DS_internalflash.html
mod_dimage.html
March 19th, 2005 Added Porst 50/1.7, 55/1.4, 35/1.8
lenses.html
March 17th, 2005 Added Cosina 20mm and Beriflex 135mm
lenses.html
March 16th, 2005 Added the Beroflex 28mm
lenses.html
March 15th, 2005 Lens "database" started
lenses.html
March 13th, 2005 Pentax *ist DS
M42 adapter
pentax_istDS.html
M42_auto_adapter_Pentax_PK
February 28th, 2005 More info about Olympus 8080 & IR Olympus_8080...
January 20th, 2005 Nikon 8400, Olympus E-100RS added to IR sensitivity // whitebalance <-> sensitivity. ir_comparisons.html
ir_wb.html
January 18th, 2005 Olympus 8080 updated
Modding links for Olympus 2100/E-100RS
Olympus_8080...
modding.html
January 17th, 2005 IR sensitivity for Nikon 5700, D70 and Olympus 8080 ir_comparisons.html
January 13th, 2005 IR compatible lenses
Company for IR conversions
ir_comparisons.html
modding.html

January 9th, 2005 Photomosaics / photo mosaics
photomosaic.html
January 8th, 2005 IR sensitivity further expanded: Ixus 330
canon_ixus_330...html
January 7th, 2005 Refined the capacitor warning and pictures.
mod_oly_dis.html
January 6th, 2005 Three new modded camera links!
modding.html
December 12th, 2004 New modded camera link
modding.html
December 6th, 2004 IR pass filter naming
Further additions to the battery pack modd.
ir_comparisons.html
mod_dimage_power.html
November 19th, 2004 Among small corrections over the last few days, I added another battery pack question.
mod_dimage_power.html
November 10th, 2004 IR sensitivity further expanded
ir_comparisons.html
November 9th, 2004 15 years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. Take a moment to think about it.
IR sensitivity further expanded



ir_comparisons.html
November 4th, 2004 corrected broken links, added IR sensitivity check offer, added postprocessing for the 2040IR irbasic.html#detect
ir_post.html
November 3rd, 2004 IR sensitivity further expanded
Added Q&A for external PowerPack
ir_comparisons.html
mod_dimage_power.html
November 1st, 2004 IR sensitivity further expanded ir_comparisons.html
October 31st, 2004 IR sensitivity further expanded, new modding links. ir_comparisons.html
modding.html
October 30th, 2004 IR sensitivity further expanded, new modding links. ir_comparisons.html
modding.html
irbasic.html
mod_oly_ir.html
ir_post.html
October 29th, 2004 IR sensitivity further expanded, moved some parts to IR basics ir_comparisons.html
irbasic.html
October 28th, 2004 IR sensitivity restructured and expanded ir_comparisons.html
October 25th, 2004 retrieve files from corrupt memory cards SmartMedia_recovery.html
October 22th, 2004 repair SmartMedia cards SmartMedia_recovery.html
September 27th, 2004 Olympus C-202020 Zoom stereo.html
July 18th, 2004 First adventures in 3D stereo.html
July 3rd, 2004 New diagramme, IR hotspot with Minolta D7 mod_dimage_ir.html
June 13th, 2004 Corrective glass for the D7IR!
External Power Pack for the D7x
mod_dimage_ir.html
mod_dimage_power.html
June 11th, 2004 restructured parts of the site, divided "IR shooting" into White Balance, post-processing and "Light&Focus" ir_light.html
ir_wb.html
ir_post.html
irbasic.html
June 9th, 2004 another replacement glass for the D7IR mod_dimage_ir.html
June 6th, 2004 postprocessing of the D7x HotSpot in IR mod_dimage_ir.html
This site is about Infrared photography (IR Photography) and modding of digital cameras. Please select the topics you like from the left frame.

I'll try to be technical where necessary to understand what is happening. There are many excellent pages on most of the topics I'll cover available. However my goal is combining those infos from electronics, optics, physics, software, art and photography sites into one site. Don't worry, it will be mostly original content.
Of the many people that have inspired me, let me pick out just three:
  • Jeremy of dpfwiw: digital photograpy for what it's worth for his extremely cool collection of so many useful information and getting me hooked on infrared photography.
  • The folks at Olympus for the camera that got me hooked on photography for good, both digital and analog: The legendary (IMO) "twentytwenty" the C-2020 Zoom
  • Phil of dpreview.com What do you get if you combine one of the best forums with one of the best review sites and pour in some excellent tips&tricks?



I very much respect the work that others have put in their sites. And I try to be as precise with my credits as possible. If I should have made a mistake, please contact me. And I ask you to honour my intellectual property to the same degree. Please don't steal and please link to my pages and not only the images. Thank you very much.





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