IR - Simulated aerochrom

[petrochemist]

I've recently been playing with an old Sigma SD14, one of the few cameras with a Foveon sensor rather a Bayer matrix to give color information. The infra red blocking filter is combined with a dust protector on this camera & easily pops out - converting the camera to an IR sensitive model. The IR being seen mainly in the red channel.

My initial results with this setup have been most disappointing with highly posturized images, the only improvement being eventually achieved using sigma's own RAW software which is IMO less than user friendly. However over the winter I heard of a trick that I've now been able to try out.
As before remove the IR filter, but this time add a (green) X1 filter and use CWB or fluorescent WB.

When the suns out this has been giving me results SOOC fairly similar to the old Aerochrome IR film.

Flickr is heavily crippled at work, so the easiest way to show the results at the moment is to link to a thread on an IR forum which contains some. I'll hopefully get some examples added directly here soon.

 

[smoke665]

Your link requires that you register before seeing. Perhaps you can repost via Flickr later?

 

[petrochemist]

Your link requires that you register before seeing. Perhaps you can repost via Flickr later?

Sorry about that, I'm not sure if I'll be able to add the shots tonight (it's camera club night) but I will at least get them posted in the next few days

Here at least are a couple of examples:
wrabness aerochrome small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

seafront garden aerochrome small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

 

[Derrel]

Odd results, from my POV. Thanks for posting directly in the thread.

 

[smoke665]

Freaky, has more of a cross processed look then what I'd associate with IR

 

[petrochemist]

Freaky, has more of a cross processed look then what I'd associate with IR

Aerochrome was never a conventional IR film, it was designed for aerial surveillance, and is false colour showing IR as red. Heres a link to one of the sites discussing it (and a new film that's similar in nature).