Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:

> The coolest part of digital shooting that I have found is sticking 
an 87 filter in front of the lens and getting digital infrared. 
> 
> That sounds WONDERFUL! A grainless Infrared photograph! 
Does this work
> on All digital cameras? Or only those that focus their flash with
> infrared light?
> 
> Would the Canon D30 do it? 
> 
> How does that work? wouldn't you just get a very red photo? 

Jerry,

The D30 will do infrared, but the metering tends to underexpose 
by about 3-4 stops, so you have to use manual exposure (about 
3-4 sec at f/11, ISO 100 in bright sun is a good starting point).  
There are some example IR images taken with the D30 here:
<http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&mess
age=1755483> 

Carl