calling all R-D1 infrared shooters...

[Ezzie]

Awaiting filter and step-up rings. Look forward to experimenting with this myself.

 

[bellyface]

I went ahead and made a preset. will be posting soon. the preset will allow the user to go colder than 2000K in the WB setting, meaning you can get the right tones for your false colour IR shots on the R-D1.

 

[bellyface]

ok, for those of you who have CS3/CS4 photoshop, or lightroom, 2/3 here's what you do:

download, uncompress: http://www.aguiarvisual.com/CameraProfiles.zip

look for the CameraProfiles folder, or directory on PC, take the contents out of the compressed folder you just downloaded, especially the R-D1 file (might be R-D1-IR)

the CameraProfiles folder is located (on mac) in /Users/your user name/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw

I'm not sure how it's laid out on windoze... but i'm sure you'll find out.

You'll also find some other profiles there, mostly nikon cameras, feel free to use them.

to access your R-D1 camera profile in lightroom, you have to go under the develop menu, camera calibration, choose camera profile: epson R-D1-IR, after that pinpoint your white balance to get an accurate balance. voila...

 

[menos]

Ivan, I downloaded your file and will play with it later. I don't have a IR filter yet (46mm is hard to get by in Shanghai).

Are there any sources of more Lightroom profiles for use with the RD1 - especially high quality Tri-X profiles (not the generic contrast up, grain big, highlights blown ones ;-)).

What do I need, to make my own profiles? Is it time consuming/ complicated (I do too many things at once at the moment)?

 

[bellyface]

Ivan, I downloaded your file and will play with it later. I don't have a IR filter yet (46mm is hard to get by in Shanghai).

Are there any sources of more Lightroom profiles for use with the RD1 - especially high quality Tri-X profiles (not the generic contrast up, grain big, highlights blown ones ;-)).

What do I need, to make my own profiles? Is it time consuming/ complicated (I do too many things at once at the moment)?

You'll need to download adobe DNG converter. Then convert your EPSON raw file to DNG. Then download the adobe DNG profile editor, open the DNG file with the profile app. Click on the "color matrices" tab. Down towards the bottom is the white balance calibration tab. Bring the blue temperature slider all the way in (to the left) in essence you're changing the starting point of the white balance based on the camera. After you've changed the blue matrice, click on the "options" tab at the top, this takes you to the naming screen. Where you will name the camera profile. Just name it R-D1-IR1, etc., etc., name it however you want, this is how it will show up in photoshop/lightroom. Now that you're done, head over to the file menu, you want to "export" this setting. Voila, that's it.

Do this then open up lightroom, or pshop, your new profile will automatically load up.

This is really the best way to get past the predominantly red images when you pull them into photoshop or lightroom. These apps don't let you go less than 2000K in the WB band, so these profiles will give you a better starting point, more accurate WB, so nicer IR

 

[Ezzie]

Ivan, I downloaded your file and will play with it later. I don't have a IR filter yet (46mm is hard to get by in Shanghai).

Buy step up rings. I plan on using the IR filter on several lenses, and have therefore bought a 52mm filter, which will work on my 52mm lenses, and with step-up rings on 39 and 46mm lenses.

 

[flip]

Followed instructions on Mac. Results:

 

[bellyface]

nice... we're getting there.

 

[Ezzie]

Hmm, I´m a Mac and Aperture user. I feel left out.