DIY: Taking infrared photos using an old floppy disk
Wednesday 18 January 2023, 15:51 by Elja Trum | 3,541 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Still looking for a fun do-it-yourself project? Perhaps you would like to experiment with infrared photography. If you still have an old computer floppy disk, you can make a filter like this yourself.
Unfortunately, it is not as easy as just making the filter from an old floppy disk. Your camera needs to be modified for this. You need to have that done, or buy a camera with the filters already removed.
About the author
Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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