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Gear Talk => Camera Talk => Topic started by: David H. Hartman on January 14, 2026, 20:00:42

Title: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
Post by: David H. Hartman on January 14, 2026, 20:00:42

Is the D800 a good candidate for conversion to IR?

Is it something one can do themselves or does one need to send the camera out for conversion?

Any links to such information?

Thanks

Dave

Title: Re: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
Post by: JJChan on January 14, 2026, 22:24:16

David - I used Life Pixels’s tutorials (I did D200)

https://www.lifepixel.com/tutorials/infrared-diy-tutorials/life-pixel-nikon-d800-diy-digital-infrared-conversion-tutorial

Title: Re: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
Post by: Hugh_3170 on January 15, 2026, 11:59:06

Hi Dave

NG supporter bobfriedman has posted many excellent examples of his work using various modified D800 and D800E cameras.  Some were IR, some UV, and were some multi-spectrum.

It might pay you to send him a PM and find out how he went about setting up his D800s.

Good luck.

Quote from: David H. Hartman on January 14, 2026, 20:00:42

Is the D800 a good candidate for conversion to IR?

Is it something one can do themselves or does one need to send the camera out for conversion?

Any links to such information?

Thanks

Dave

Title: Re: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
Post by: bobfriedman on January 15, 2026, 16:31:09

the D800 is a perfect choice and I am told that it is easier to convert than the newer DSLR's due to how the sensor package is packaged (if that makes any sense). it is easier to take apart.

the results are excellent and there are low actuation D800's out there for around 350 USD.

I have a few conversions UV-VIS-IR, IR-715, IR-830 etc... I use the fixed longpass for lenses like the nikkor 14-24, 8mm fisheye, etc which can't accept filters.

https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/d800_rg715 (https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/d800_rg715)

https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/d800_uvvisir (https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/d800_uvvisir)

https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/d800e_rg830 (https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/d800e_rg830)

Title: Re: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
Post by: bobfriedman on January 15, 2026, 16:33:13

by the way... D800 or D800e makes no difference due to loss of the UV/IR cut filter in the process of conversion.

Title: Re: Convert a Nikon D800 to IR?
Post by: bobfriedman on January 15, 2026, 16:38:55

one more note... all my IR images have a great deal of processing so none of them is "out-of-camera"