A few snaps with the Canon Powershot G5, 27 April 2023

Picked up a brick the other day, the Canon Powershot G5 from 2003. This heavy beastie was 15€ from Kamerastore and is supposed to be a little glitchy but it’s been fine so far (probably explains the price as these earlier G-series can be quite pricey). Anyhow, I took it out yesterday and really enjoyed

Concrete pipes in infrared, 3 May 2022

A couple of weeks ago I took out the the 2€ #shittydigital camera and photographed some long-abandoned concrete pipes.  The plan was to use the modified Canon A1400 for some digital infrared photographs, but the weather was not good enough for infrared photography. This morning the weather was ideal, so before our fortnightly shop I

Urban infrared, 3 May 2022

Out for some urban Infrared photography around Oiã. Using the modified Canon Powershot A1400 and a 720nm Infrared filter.

Urban infrared, 25 April 2022

Out for some urban Infrared photography around Oiã. Using the modified Canon Powershot A1400 and a 720nm Infrared filter.

The fire break, 24 April 2022

The local authority cut a fire break through the woodland to minimise the risk of wildfires spreading. Infrared photograph with modified Canon Powershot A1400 and 720nm Infrared filter.

How (not) to convert a digital point and shoot camera to full spectrum

[NOTE: This is an old uncompleted post that described how I made my first conversion of a Canon Powershot A1400 point and shoot camera to full spectrum camera for infrared photography. It is nly intended as a guide for anyone who might want to convert a Powershot A1400. Since then I have made a second