Visico Infrared filter 72mm 950nm

The Visico Infrared filter 72mm 950nm can be used with infrared film or digital photography to obtain fascinating creative and extremely imaginative photos.

Just about all digital cameras have sensors that to some degree are sensitive to infrared light, this indicates that digital photography has made infrared photography significantly less complicated than it used to be. Most infrared filtration systems are inclined to have a photography range of between 720 nm to 950 nm.

To discover if your camera may work with this kind of Visico infrared filter just point the camera at a handheld remote control led light, this might be a television set remote or similar, when you begin to see the red light that illuminates when you press the remote control keys your camera should work with this sort of filter.

Photograph by L Valdes

Product features:

• Employed for infrared photography, high quality optical glass.
• Blocks visible light up to 950nm.
• Perfect for most digital cameras.
• May be used with infrared-type film.
• Superior optical glass and aluminum filter ring.

The Visico Infrared filter 72mm 950nm provides unbelievably clear and extremely sharp contrast while shooting, but additionally can filter out regular colours to provide a monochrome tone, this will give a very stylized effect.

We recommend you to choose the suitable types of filter for your camera. Various IR filters have several effects. You may use the filter independently or in any arrangement to accomplish your demands.

• 950nm is most suitable for outdoor and strong light use.
• 850nm is most suitable for outdoor and strong light use.
• 760nm is most suitable for indoor and weak light use.
• 720nm is most suitable for indoor and weak light use.

All the above may be used for near-IR photography with digital cameras, which to make use of might depend on the camera's level of sensitivity to IR and in addition the kind of effect the photographer seeks to acquire.

Photograph by Patrice St-Gelais

These kinds of Visico filters improve the quantity of colour saturation and provide enhanced contrast and clarity, this type of Visico filter features a filter value of 950nm that makes it particularly well suited for use outside and in strong daylight including sunlight, this does not mean that it can´t be used indoors or in various other variations of lighting. Based on the amount of light on the lens the filter will generate various effects, so its better to experiment with it to obtain preferred results.

The use of this lens is generally practiced in medical photography, crime detection as well as detection of distribution of vegetation, this type of Visico filter may also be used and mixed in along with other coloured lenses to produce authentic and occasionally strange effects, again by trial and error you should be able to accomplish the sought after effect you are searching for.