Is there a thread for using add-on filters/lenses? What size? How well does this camera handle IR photography?
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No, from the edge of the glass lens outward is smooth, with no threads. As for IR, I haven't taken any night photos yet - most of my work is during the daytime (I'm a real estate agent). According to the manual, you can set the camera to SCN (Scene) mode, Night Time being one of those. All the settings are pre-programmed based on the scene. There are two for nighttime: nighttime/portrait and fireworks. My criteria for purchasing this camera was: 36x Optical Zoom, internal rechargeable battery that could be recharged via USB, and fast times from photo to photo. This is an outstanding camera - best I've ever owned. I take hundreds of photos of houses every week, and sometimes can't get close enough to the front of the house. With the 36x optical zoom, I know that I will have plenty of data for each photo to actually zoom in on the shot in Photoshop - with little to no loss in image quality.
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There are no threads for add-on filters. Sonce it goes from wide angle to 36x zoom and has HD and 3D, I don't see any need for additional lenses. However, I don't even know what "IR photography" is, so maybe my needs aren't as great.
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No, the camera is not designed to take additional lenses, given its wide angle and range, probably not needed for simple point and shoot photography. As to IR photography. I don't know what that is.
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Thanks for the info. I don't think I'm quite ready to pay that kind of money for a lens for a camera that I paid $600.00 for. May as well upgrade the camera and keep the lens. I do appreciate the reply.
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I have never had one converted but from what I have heard and read the D70s is a good candidate for IR. I no longer have my to D70s as I am shooting a D7000. Guess I should have kept my D70 s body for IR.
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Thank you for the excellent reply PD. What do you guys think about using the 70-200 lens with a camera that does not have a full sized sensor? I have a rebel XT and I think thats almost half the size of the 1d sensor. Still a good focal length?
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Hi david You can not zoom in ir zoom out.I dont know the camera resolution.
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the camara does not have IR at all it does have enhanced filter to see in low light and i think it is 1.3 MP
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Thanks Michael and BryanYou guy's feedback has been extremely helpful. I will probably never use IR for my work even though that is a cool feature to have, but the added XLR option, the handle and the blu-ray encoding makes the XA10 really tempting. But since both the cameras will perform equally in low light and I usually use a separate mic (Zoom H1) to capture audio don't know if my boss will think $500 extra justifies the extra features. We will see :).
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Check the panasonic website they make a telephoto lens and loads of filters. Amazon sells most of the items. I feel like this camera can adapt to many more situations than many other brands in this catagory or price range.
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I use this with a digital camera; not all digital cameras work well for infrared so you should look at a forum for your camera and see if it will work. You can shoot either color or black and white; I use it for black and white. Typically I need a tripod because even with a very high ISO setting, the filter is so dense that exposures are often seconds long. This is a good version of this type of filter-I tried two cheaper brands and they did not work well at all.
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I am not sure if I understand your question, but I recently used this camera for a project to track IR leds. Most cameras have an IR filter built in but this camera either does not have a filter or the filter is not very good. Because of this I was able to get a good response in the IR band and it worked perfectly for my application.
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yes, at 105 mm and under the camera does perform excellently for IR, with no visible hot spot I haven't been able to find the references to the hot spot on dpreview.com, can you provide a link to the exact message on the thread? Thanks
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Hey Sean,I am eager to see your new posts about your camera. Since the prices are dropping dramatically here, I will order one soon myself. On another site, someone said that one of the issues with people... not the camera is that they keep expecting it to do what a DSLR (I think that is right/ I am inexperienced here) does. What are soft images?
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I have the HS25 and there are threads to add filters and or other lenses on the lens. I purchased these but haven't used them yet.... I will get around to it one of these days.
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I wrote an email to Nikon about this and they said no filters UV or otherwise were being planned for the P80. They did not give me a filter size so I guess I'll ask them again. However, I would treat this camera more as a point and shoot and therefore probably no one will want to create a filter for it. Certainly not Nikon. I will let you know their reply.
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This camera does very well in low light, but it is not IR. Infra Red cameras can see people in pitch black, so perhaps find a "Foscam" one if you really need it.
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I would suggest Nikon Coolpix AW100 for that purpose. I just returned Canon 130 IS 16.0 due to blurring while zooming .
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Yeah the biggest complaint for the SX200IS was the automatic flash every time. I'm gonna wait to see if that has been fixed in the SX210IS before I go ahead an order. Looks like a great improvement in every other area!I'm glad I held out on getting my super-zoom point and shoot! Within the last few weeks Nikon, Fujifilm, Canon, and Panasonic all announced their Spring 2010 models. There are some real good options out there!