Trevor, KEH Camera here in Atlanta can do a IR filter removal. Their web site is KEH.com.
Bill
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>Sent: Jun 19, 2009 1:42 PM
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>Subject: IR Camera Conversion and hotspots
>
>Weighing a few options here for a DSLR IR conversion:
>
>1. Upgrade from my D200 to a D300, and send the former to one of those
>"doctors" that will remove the IR filter from the sensor.
>
>2. Purchase a used D70 (or, maybe, it's a D70s) that has a busted
>flash for about $150 and send that in. Less money, but smaller images.
>
>What would you do? The second option is most attractive financially,
>and allows me to spend cash on glass. I only have a few days here in
>Raleigh to decide.
>
>One more thing, I read somewhere, maybe it was in a PF post, about
>Nikon glass being prone to "hotspots" with IR photography in DSLRs.
>The guy at Peace Camera said he'd never heard of it. I know for a fact
>I've had the problem myself. Would removing the IR filter do anything
>about this? This is my motivation to neuter the D200.
>
