Digital cameras are designed to shoot pictures using the same light that is visible to the human eye. Converting a digital camera to shoot infrared light (IR) will give you pictures that look otherworldly. You will have to open the digital camera and exchange an IR filter for the one that comes in the lens assembly. The procedure requires a steady hand but does not involve altering any of the electronics. Converting your digital camera to take IR pictures will make even ordinary objects look more interesting.
Instructions
1. Put a soft cloth down on a table. Put the digital camera on the soft cloth. Remove all of the screws from the top, sides, back and bottom of the digital camera using the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.
2. Separate the front case of the digital camera from the back case. Unscrew the lens from the front case. Upend the front case to loosen and remove any filter sticking to the hole where the lens was. Upend the lens so that any filter inside of the lens falls out. Retain the filter if you will be reversing the process to change the digital camera back to its original state in the future. Screw the lens back onto the front case. Put the front case back down on the soft cloth.
3. Unscrew the lens assembly from the back case using the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Put the lens assembly face down on the soft cloth.
4. Turn on the flashlight. Aim the beam at the laser assembly. Note the reddish glow of the small filter on the lens assembly; this is the IR filter. Turn off the flashlight.
5. Use the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver to remove the screw holding the metal bracket over the IR filter.
6. Place the filter on the unexposed color negative film. Use the utility knife to cut out a piece of the unexposed color negative film that is the same size as the IR filter. Cut another piece out of the unexposed color negative film that is the same size as the IR filter. Retain the IR filter if you will be reversing the process to change the digital camera back to its original state in the future.
7. Place the two cut pieces of the unexposed color negative film onto the lens assembly where the IR filter was. Screw the metal bracket back on using the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Screw the lens assembly back onto the back case of the digital camera using the Phillips jeweler's screwdriver. Reassemble the front case to the back case. The infrared digital camera you have converted from a regular digital camera is now ready to use.
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