This might be a silly question...

[Outdoorsman]

I do not shoot digital. So I have no idea if this is a dumb question. But here goes: can digital SLRs shoot infa-red? I plan to make the switch to digital this year, and the ability to shoot infa-red would sure be nice added bonus. I shot a few rolls of it a while back, and despite the expense and trouble in shooting/developing, I really liked the results. Unfortunately, my current film body won't handle IR without fogging the film. But I would really like to continue experimenting with it- I think some kinds of portraits would look really awesome in IR as well as a lot of other subjects. Am I dreaming here or does Canon have the technology to do this?

[Michael Fanelli]

I do not shoot digital. So I have no idea if this is a dumb question. But here goes: can digital SLRs shoot infa-red? I plan to make the switch to digital this year, and the ability to shoot infa-red would sure be nice added bonus. I shot a few rolls of it a while back, and despite the expense and trouble in shooting/developing, I really liked the results. Unfortunately, my current film body won't handle IR without fogging the film. But I would really like to continue experimenting with it- I think some kinds of portraits would look really awesome in IR as well as a lot of other subjects. Am I dreaming here or does Canon have the technology to do this?

I don't do infrared but lots of people on other web sites have indicated that many digital cameras have an IR filter in front of the sensor.

[another view]

There are a lot of articles I've seen on digital infrared. Might even be books by now. Googling "digital infrared" brought back a lot of responses. I guess some cameras are better than others at this, the Nikon D100 is supposed to be one of the best for whatever reason.

The best shots I've seen for B&W digital infrared came from a guy who converts a camera to digital infrared. It's a permanent conversion so you'd have a dedicated camera for it. Color can be done too - there are a lot of tricks and techniques on how to do this.

Popular Photography had an article recently on how to get that look after capture in Photoshop.