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1. Introduction
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2. Image Rendition
Visible spectrum, cameras, color space, infrared vs. color & examples.
3. Cameras and Examples
Infrared camera choices with examples
4. Shooting Considerations
All about shooting in infrared.
5. Image Quality Issues
Unique challenges of digital infrared.
- Hot Spots
- Hot Spots and RGB Color Channels
- Hot Spots and Levels/Curves in Photoshop
- Lens Flare
- Sharpness
- Sharpness in Visible Light vs Infrared
- Sharpness in Red/Green/Blue Channels
- Choice of Aperture / Depth of Field
- Digital Noise
- Digital Noise with Canon 5D
- Digital Noise with Nikon D70
- Digital Noise with Fuji F30, F50, S6000
- Digital Noise with Canon G9
- Choosing a Lens For Infrared Photography
- How the Lenses Were Evaluated
6. Workflow
What to do after you shoot.
- How to Approach Infrared Workflow
- Assessing Infrared Images
- Color Space and Gamut
- 16-bit vs 8-bit Processing
- Raw-file Conversion
- Raw-file Conversion & Digital Photo Professional
- Raw-file Conversion & Nikon Capture
- Inverting Color Channels
- Swapping Color Channels
- Expanding Color
- Grayscale Conversion Examples
- Grayscale Conversion Techniques
- Advanced Workflow: Selective Use of Color
8. Canon Lenses
How Canon lenses perform for infrared use.
- Lenses for Canon
- Focusing for Infrared
- Using Nikon Lenses on Canon EOS Bodies
- Notes on the Lens Assessments
- Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L I and II
- Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L
- Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS
- Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 (on 5D)
- Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS v1
- Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS
- Canon 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
- Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
- Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye
- Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L
- Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II
- Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L v1
- Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L
- Nikon 45mm f/2.8P (on 5D)
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
- Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L
- Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 macro
- Nikon 60mm f/2.8D (on 5D)
- Canon 45-60mm Lens Summary
- Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II
- Nikon 85mm f/2.8D PC-Micro-Nikkor (on 5D)
- Nikon 85mm f/1.4D (on 5D)
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
- Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro
- Canon EF 135mm f/2L
- Canon EF 300mm f/4L
- Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L
9. Nikon Lenses
How Nikon-compatible lenses perform for infrared use.
- Lenses for Nikon
- Notes on the Lens Assessments
- Focusing for Infrared
- Nikon 12-24 f/4G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
- Nikon 17-35 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
- Nikon 17-55 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S DX
- Nikon 18-70 f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX
- Nikon 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX
- Nikon 28-70 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
- Nikon 70-200 f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S (v1)
- Nikon 50-300mm f/4.5 ED AI-S
- Nikon 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S
- Nikon 20mm f/3.5 AI-S
- Nikon 24mm f/2 AI-S
- Nikon 28mm f/2 AI-S
- Schneider 28mm f/2.8 PC Super Angulon
- Nikon 28mm f/4 PC-Nikkor
- Nikon 35mm f/1.4 AI-S
- Nikon 35mm f/2.5 Series E
- Nikon 35mm f/2.8 PC-Nikkor
- Nikon 45mm f/2.8P AI-S
- Nikon AF 50mm f/1.4D
- Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8D
- Nikon 58mm f/1.2 NOCT-Nikkor
- Olympus OM 50mm f/1.2 Zuiko
- Summary of Nikon 50mm Lenses
- Nikon 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro Nikkor
- Coastal Optics 60mm f/4 UV-VIS-IR APO Macro
- Nikon 85mm f/2.8 PC-Micro-Nikkor
- Nikon 85mm f/1.4D AF-Nikkor
- Nikon 105mm f/2 DC
- Nikon 105mm f/4 Micro-Nikkor
- Nikon 200mm f/2G ED-IF AF-S VR
- Nikon 300mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF-S
7. Wrap-up and Summary
Conclusions and where to find products and additional information.
8. Photoshop Javascripts and Actions
Scripts you can run to assess and create infrared images.