IR conversion video of a D200

[Peter]

I like this guy can't understand what he is saying and lost me after the third screw.
I would have to video tape myself dismantling my D200 so I could put it back together.

Pete

[richardHaw]

I like this guy can't understand what he is saying and lost me after the third screw.
I would have to video tape myself dismantling my D200 so I could put it back together.

Pete

i mostly listen to this guy for entertainment.

he seems polite but he sometimes say mild expletives.

[Erik Lund]

Actually the D200 is fairly easy to open and work on, especially compared to many later cameras,,,

And a capable performer if you don't need high resolution, the benefit of not having the aa filter is increased sharpness for many lenses in IR

[richardHaw]

Actually the D200 is fairly easy to open and work on, especially compared to many later cameras,,,

And a capable performer if you don't need high resolution, the benefit of not having the aa filter is increased sharpness for many lenses in IR

which would be better? a D100, D200 or a D2XHS or whatever that camera was called.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The D100 is probably not a good starting point. However, D200, D300, or of the bigger brothers D2H or D2X all could be candidates for IR conversion.

[David H. Hartman]

If considering buy a camera for IR conversion the D300s has a conveniently located Live View button on the back of the camera while Live View is a bit fiddly on the D300 as it's selected on the Release Mode Dial.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Thanks for the info, Dave. LiveView is definitively an advantage for IR work, in particular using lenses with a massive IR focus shift. Unfortunately, the latter situation is quite common.

[richardHaw]

I see, thanks for the tip! 

[Erik Lund]

The flex-cables in D300/D300s are a pain to re-seat in their connectors and there are a spiders-web of them, so take care when working on them.

[richardHaw]

Thanks for the reminder, good thing those are still way out of my budget for now

the D2XS seeps appealing to be honest

[Erik Lund]

I used to shoot D3 with D2Xs and D200 [IR] on the side on the NikonGear Safari in 2009,,, D3, D2Xs sold long ago,,,D200 still clicking away, last year I cleaned the rear display on the inside, it had hazed up a bit internally, now good as new.

[David H. Hartman]

Richard,

Neither the D2Xs nor the D200 have Live View if that's important to you.

You will probably find manual focus with the D2 series easier than the D300 series. I could use a 1.2 eyepiece on my D2H but can't on the D300s. I shoot through glasses. I can't see the in camera data the 1.2x eyepiece on the D300/D300s.

Dave