The Digital Photography Companion

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WARNING ▼

Make sure your new technology (such as a state-of-the-art digicam) does all the cool

things its predecessor does before ditching the old camera. Sometimes it’s worth

holding on to an old camera just for one function, such as capturing great infrared.

If you want to test your digicams to see which one works the best for this type of shoot-

ing, line them up on a table in a darkened room. Enable picture-taking mode and make

sure the LCD monitor is on. en point your television remote control at each lens and

press a control button, such as the channel changer. e camera that shows the bright-

est light emitting from the remote control will be your best infrared capture device.

Attach an infrared filter such as the Hoya R72 to your camera, grab your tripod, and

look for a brightly-lit scene that has sky, clouds, and trees. Set your aperture at f/5.8 or

f/8 to help compensate for the different way infrared “sees” the worldhe focusing plane

in this type of photography is slightly different, and the added depth of field produced

by a smaller aperture will help to keep things sharp. Be sure to turn on the self-timer so

that you don’t jar the camera during exposure, and record a frame. e world you see in

your LCD monitor will look much different from what you observe with your eyes.

TIP ▼

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