Will this infrared filter work well?

Question:I've been thinking of orderding a few things from a place for my camera, and I've been considering an infrared filter. I don't know much about infrared photography other than it looks cool and I would like to dabble in it a little.

However, being the poor college student I am, I must look for a cheap one. I have found this one - B + W 52mm Infrared Filter # 099 (12/OG550). Amazon link http://www.amazon.com/B-W-77mm-Infrared-...

I am using a Panasonic FZ7. I need to know if this will work (I've read that it doesn't always with newer cameras), and is that filter what I want... Remember, only playing around with it, I don't need something very expensive. I just need someone who knows about infrared to tell me if that's what is good.

Thank you.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I've been thinking of orderding a few things from a place for my camera, and I've been considering an infrared filter. I don't know much about infrared photography other than it looks cool and I would like to dabble in it a little.

However, being the poor college student I am, I must look for a cheap one. I have found this one - B + W 52mm Infrared Filter # 099 (12/OG550). Amazon link http://www.amazon.com/B-W-77mm-Infrared-...

I am using a Panasonic FZ7. I need to know if this will work (I've read that it doesn't always with newer cameras), and is that filter what I want... Remember, only playing around with it, I don't need something very expensive. I just need someone who knows about infrared to tell me if that's what is good.

Thank you.

You will probably wasting your money. All digital camera sensors have IR cutoff filters which prohibits IR from reaching the sensor ... the filter only allows IR to pass through the lens ... you can see the problem.

That filter will work extremely well if you put it on a Nikon lens (52mm) on a 35mm Nikon SLR and use Kodak High Speed IR film. (with some photographic skills in place ... like using a tripod to hold the camera, pre-focus before putting the filter on the lens (you cannot see through it) and then de-focusing the lens to account for the different focusing point of IR light)

More on IR:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/ir.htm

buy a program for a computer that has it as a filter, then you do not have to worry about the camera messing it up.

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