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Nov 7, 2011
I shot a music video with a $300 hacked camera and got some pretty awesome visuals that let me put together a pretty dynamic music video for almost nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmwa23kQvE

This video was shot with a $300 D3300, a $10 IR filter, and a simple gimbal. I took out the hot glass from inside the camera, replaced it with microscope glass, and shot with only daylight. It was all filmed during the warmer and brighter parts of the day. The specific color is created by white balancing to bright green.

One of the best aspects of shooting with IR is that I can get a pretty great, contrasty shot in what is normally too bright. I filmed numerous setups during the brightest times of the day (noticeably during the rooftop singer stuff and the parts on the beach), yet the sky has a great color and texture, and nothing is too blown out to use. After a bit of test photography, I found it pretty easy to eyeball what would play particularly well with the IR setup.

Color correction was mostly just balancing levels and crushing blacks.

Any experienced IF photographers have any pointers on taking this look further?

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Nov 7, 2011

ansel autisms posted:

Black levels matter

Lol, but serious talk, anything off here?

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SMERSH Mouth posted:

How does the glass conversion on the sensor work? What kind of tools/technique did you use?

Looks like you can record video that's not too shaky. And its got crazy colors! And a bunch of lens flares! Congrats.

I think it's good, though. Really.

The conversion I did required taking apart the camera with a micro screwdriver, taking out the hot glass, and replacing it with a microscope slide cut to fit that space, and then putting a partial iR filter on the lens. It wasn't too hard, took a about 1 hour.

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