Kia ora guys and welcome back to my little channel now. I've always been a fan way back and to the present day of Very heavy contrast in black and white photography for me. It's got that sort of hard edge atmosphere A bit of authenticity about it and I just love it Now I've been playing about with the X Pro tool. I've done some black and white photography with it quite enjoyed that I saw a video a couple weeks back by a very famous YouTuber I'm not gonna say his name because I'm not gonna train grift off his off his name I'll pull into his channel below you'll all know it go give him a watch is he's fantastic One of two of his episodes. I've been about infrared photography in particular infrared black and white photography Now years and years and years ago I tried infrared black and white photography a roll of 35 millimeter IR film and to be honest I went out and I played about I came back with the results and to be honest It was garbage absolute garbage It was just I couldn't tell any difference between a roll of normal black and white film and the black and white IR film And it cost me a really fortunate to sort out. So yeah, I kind of give that up now years later years and years later I found out that I needed one of these an infrared filter to put on the lens to make the IR film work Now I'm not even gonna try and pretend to know what I'm talking about when it comes to IR photography All I know is that there is visible light and invisible light and to block the visible light You've got to put a filter on an IR filter on your lens or get a camera that is converted to the infrared spectrum. Look I'm brand new to this IR photography obviously all I can tell you is that I'm enjoying it It's pretty cool. I bought this cheapest chips little IR filter. I had to get a step-up ring That goes from 23 millimeters to 55 millimeters because that's the size of the IR filter that I bought Because I couldn't get one any smaller to fit the lens. It now fits seamlessly Like that. We're in the middle of winter. This is generally traditionally our worst month July And to be honest with it's pretty crusty out there. It's just a mess. We've got a bit of sunshine a lot of showers. It's cold It's it's pretty snotty to be fair It's not a great time for our photography because you want the you want the high intense sun Burning down its ultraviolet rays which will then be blocked out by the infrared filter and it just makes everything pop I've not got that obviously because the weather's pretty pants So I've not let that bother me. I've just got outside and done my thing and and then just try this thing because why not? I'm encouraged. I'm incredibly encouraged Incredibly pleased with the photographs. I've got so far in these conditions with this little kit Now if you look full of you'll find a with this filter on you can't see jack it's pitch black you can't see a thing It's so dense. This is a 116 nanometer IA filter you can get various ones. This is the highest one apparently again I stand to be corrected. That's what the seller told me when I bought it It just came as IA filter and they told me that it was a 716 nanometer. Okay, fairly awful go with that Thankfully with these middle-less cameras you can switch on live view will display on the back And then you can see absolutely everything that you want to see from there You can pose your image because the filter's on there you have got an extended Exposure time so I've been sitting on a tripod sticking a cable release in there and filing off It's a little bit of trial and error. I'm averaging between sort of I don't know 18 and 45 seconds depending on the time of day and the intensity of light You just keep looking on the back and seeing if it needs a bit more exposure a bit less exposure and just adjust it like that The beauty of a converted camera is that you don't need to do that You just look you take your shot you walk away. No problem whatsoever. That's something potentially Let's not say potentially that's something I'm gonna do. I'm loving this and and Why not get a camera that's converted or convert one of my own cameras? We'll see trust me if I can do it guys anybody can do this get out there find some shots play enjoy yourselves All right guys hope you enjoy the photographs. I've got out of this so far come the decent weather come the summer I'll be out there cracking off some more shots. I have a photography. I'm enjoying it. Cheers guys. Thanks for watching Till next time, let us You You You You You