Trevor, KEH Camera here in Atlanta can do a IR filter removal. Their web site is KEH.com. Bill -----Original Message----- >From: trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Jun 19, 2009 1:42 PM >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: IR Camera Conversion and hotspots > >Weighing a few options here for a DSLR IR conversion: > >1. Upgrade from my D200 to a D300, and send the former to one of those >"doctors" that will remove the IR filter from the sensor. > >2. Purchase a used D70 (or, maybe, it's a D70s) that has a busted >flash for about $150 and send that in. Less money, but smaller images. > >What would you do? The second option is most attractive financially, >and allows me to spend cash on glass. I only have a few days here in >Raleigh to decide. > >One more thing, I read somewhere, maybe it was in a PF post, about >Nikon glass being prone to "hotspots" with IR photography in DSLRs. >The guy at Peace Camera said he'd never heard of it. I know for a fact >I've had the problem myself. Would removing the IR filter do anything >about this? This is my motivation to neuter the D200. >
