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| cfastie | "Hi CHUMBA, I have never seen the inside of a Samsung camera, so I can't be of any help. There is probably a filter somewhere. Maybe it is glued to..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| CHUMBA | "Hi @cfastie, I wonder if you know How take out the IR filter from a Samsung DV150-f, I have one, I broke it, and I did not find the IR filter anywa..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "thank you for these conversion details and trying to get to the bottom of this problem. " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Chris, excellent well documented tips. I appreciate your continuing effort to advance the quality of results from these tools. " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| ttaylor | "Many thanks to Ned and the other conversion pioneers. On my second try I followed these instructions and successfully converted an A2200. On my fi..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I guess it depends which camera and spectrometer you want to connect. A good approach might be to make a 3D printable Ebert. That could work with m..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow cool Chris. I wonder if we could design a 3d printed adaptor between the camera and a spectrometer. " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks for the link. For my ghost hunting, I have been buying PowerShot A590s for $20-$40, plus a $5 filter tube that snaps on, plus an $8 IR filte..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| PlanetenPaultje | "Took me a while to find the URL again: http://www.angelsghosts.com/store/viewitem.php?productid=16 I think the price has gone up a bit, I paid jus..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Do you have a link for those IR filters? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| PlanetenPaultje | "Forgot to mention: There are IR pass filters to be had specifically for this type of camera. They come with glue buds and they fit perfectly on the..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "I just followed these instructions and converted an A2200 -- thanks! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I think most small Powershots use an IR block filter that is 8.9 x 7.9 mm. That's the advertised size of the BG3 glass filter I put into an A2200 a..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ttaylor | "Chris, do you remember/know the dimensions of the A2200 hot filter? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Roolark, There must be a loose or broken connection. You probably should open it up again and check for that and wiggle everything and see if it wo..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| nedhorning | "Hi Roolark - Make sure you didn't disconnect or tear one of those thin ribbon cables. That's the only thing I can thing of that would cause that pr..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| Roolark | "I just completed this conversion, and the image on the cameras LCD screen looks good, but the camera will not take pictures. Occasionally it displa..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| Roolark | "@Cfastie, That post from Tom was the one I was referring to in my idea #2 but yeah, I must have misread it. Still, regarding #1, I do understand..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | " Interesting idea. Some IR blocking filters are "hot mirrors" which are coated to reflect IR. Maybe it's possible to remove the coating (but maybe ..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| Roolark | "Couple quick thoughts on the filter/clarity issue. For starters, I just ordered an a2200 for the infra blue purposes from eBay, so I haven't had a ..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "The Canon A2200 (refurbished) is on sale today (November 21) for $48.99 (free shipping) with a one year warranty: http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/e..." | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "The aperture mechanism definitely varies among Powershots. By peering into the front of the lens I learned that the high end ones have an actual ir..." | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| timmm063 | "Have you considered watching other sites for cameras that are refurbished? One I would recommend is canonpricewatch.com. It also shows prices for o..." | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| danbeavers | "The filter should have nothing to do with the difference in quality between the center and edge of the image since it is uniform in density. Lense..." | Read more » | about 11 years ago |