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INFRARED Comparison of the CoolPix 4500 to the CoolPix
950
Also check out the CoolPix 5700 Infrared page
The CoolPix 950 was Nikon's last camera that had true infrared
sensitivity.
The left column has CoolPix 4500 images, the right has CoolPix 950 images.
All are labeled on the image itself with my copyright and camera used.
Check out the new CoolPix 4500 and 5700 Gallery
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scrolling some people may experience but I wanted the pictures to
run side by side and still be large enough to make visual judgments |
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My Procedure
Each camera was set to 100 ISO and fitted with an 88A filter from
Harrison and Harrison. At higher ISO settings there appear
digital artifacts and noise. I used a tripod for each picture and
the Xtend-a-View
LCD finder to match composition.
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Conclusion
The finder on the
4500 did not show the images in preview as well as the finder as the
950 but there is definitely enough sensitivity to warrant the cost
of an infrared filter. Also noted that all images were sharp which
is important because it's been reported that some infrared images
from the CoolPix 990 and 995 weren't sharp. I
wouldn't recommend purchasing the camera on it's infrared capability
alone, but it's a nice bonus and I'm sure we'll be seeing some
creative images out there from the 4500. Most importantly was that
the 4500 didn't exhibit the same hot
spot that I documented with the CoolPix 5000. Finally it looks like the
4500 doesn't have the sensitivity I need for my
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Photoshop actions taken on the black
and white images
were identical and limited to:
Auto Levels
Image>Adjust>Hue and Saturation>Desaturate
Resize to 400 pixels long dimensions
Add Copyright
Unsharp Mask on the image layer
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