K10D converted to IR


MHOL190246

Link Posted 11/10/2022 - 15:03
Just came across this at the Oxford branch of London Camera Exchange https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Pentax-K10D-+-D-BG2-(No-Batt,-IR-Converted)-+-80-200mm-f/4.7-5.6-FA_349490.html

vic cross

Link Posted 11/10/2022 - 16:15
I can't find it. Do you have a link?
CHEERS Vic
Born again biker with lots of Pentax bits. Every day I wake up is a good day. I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas.

Spad

Link Posted 11/10/2022 - 16:16
I have just bought it!
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Which exploded....

vic cross

Link Posted 11/10/2022 - 16:19
Spad. you rotten nasty horrible person. AH Well maybe next time. Good luck with it and enjoy it.
CHEERS Vic.
Born again biker with lots of Pentax bits. Every day I wake up is a good day. I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas.

Spad

Link Posted 11/10/2022 - 16:41
vic cross wrote:
Spad. you rotten nasty horrible person. AH Well maybe next time. Good luck with it and enjoy it.
CHEERS Vic.

Love you to dear
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....

Spad

Link Posted 13/10/2022 - 18:32
I have recieved this today.... and it's being returned!!!

It's not IR!!!
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....

SteveF

Link Posted 14/10/2022 - 12:20
Very disappointing for you. Not like LCE in my experience I have to say.

Spad

Link Posted 14/10/2022 - 13:50
SteveF wrote:
Very disappointing for you. Not like LCE in my experience I have to say.

I agree....

But we all make mistakes!
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....

spinno

Link Posted 15/10/2022 - 20:37
Is it possible it's a full spectrum conversion?
David

Spad

Link Posted 16/10/2022 - 10:41
Theses are the test images I took....

Don't look IR to me... Surely full specturm would not look like this?









The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....

Lubbyman

Link Posted 16/10/2022 - 10:54
Did you try a hot object in a darkened room?

Steve

Spad

Link Posted 16/10/2022 - 10:56
This is an image taken on my IR converted 720nm K20D of the same flower in my garden and converted in PS, no editing....



The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....
Last Edited by Spad on 16/10/2022 - 10:59

Spad

Link Posted 16/10/2022 - 10:57
Lubbyman wrote:
Did you try a hot object in a darkened room?

Steve

No.....

Is full spectrum like proper IR then? Shoot only on sunny days?

Hope I haven't done owt stoopid....

Also.... on the invoice it stated "Pentax K10D IR Conv?" When I called then they said they didn't test it and they also said the widow of the chap who owned it brought in it and she claimed it was IR.
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....
Last Edited by Spad on 16/10/2022 - 11:12

Lubbyman

Link Posted 16/10/2022 - 16:30
I've never tried IR, UV or full spectrum photography (or X-ray or gamma ray ). But as far as I understand these things, full spectrum means that the sensor gets IR and UV as well as visible light. What the image looks like must therefore depend on the balance between the three. If IR and UV are much less intense than visible, the image ought to look more 'normal' than an IR or UV image. There's also sensor sensitivity to take into account, if it's more sensitive to a particular range of wavelengths then the image will be biassed towards that range. The only way to be sure is to systematically eliminate certain wavelengths and see what happens. A suitable cutoff filter on the lens would do. Alternatively, eliminate sources of all but one of the types of radiation - hence a hot object in an optically dark room.

But as I say, I've never tried it myself .

Steve

Spad

Link Posted 16/10/2022 - 16:44
That's what i read a short while ago...

To be honest... i dont want to buy more filters. I have a case full of them. I much prefer the fact that I can just grab my K20D and go... if i wanna shoot in IR. Think I prefer it that way...
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....
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