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Digital Camera, Point and Click, Taking Infra Red Photos without my Asking It to?
I’m hoping someone out there may have some feedback on the following situation. It’s really puzzling me.
I purchased a new point and click digital camera (Nikon L19) and I’ve noticed at sunset when I take photos, the results look like infrared! In many cases, the results are actually stunningly beautiful. There’s also a look about it like it is hand-colored! To a real technical photo person, they may not like the results, but artistically, the results can be stunning. But still puzzling. There is no infra red setting on the camera so I’m wondering how the results are occurring. Any feedback greatly appreciated and may you have a great weekend ahead!
No, more likely you are just using the wrong color temperature or “white balance” setting on your camera. As far as I know, there is no infrared “setting” on a digital camera (at least not with a simple point and shoot camera)…taking infrared pictures with a digital camera would mean actually taking it apart and modifying it. With some cameras, you just have to remove a filter that the manufacturer put on the sensor, and with others you have to actually replace parts.
But there is no menu option to just choose infrared. Infrared is actually a different spectrum of light and not something that you can just get snapshots of “accidentally.”
I think you probably just have the wrong color temperature setting. That can sometimes give some really weird effects to pictures, like for example if you have the setting on “incandescant” or “tungsten” and you take pictures outdoors, it can make the pictures have a really weird blue tint.
It’s kind of the same thing as with color film. Most films can be used indoor or outdoor, but there are some that are specifically made for certain kinds of light. Some slide films are “tungsten balanced,” and they are meant to be used indoors with incandescent lighting. If you take pictures outside, you have to correct the color balance by putting an orange filter on the lens…otherwise everything will have a weird bluish tint. (It can be kind of a cool effect though, and some people deliberately shoot tungsten balanced film outdoors…look on Flickr).
Your digital camera is kind of the same way. You have to make sure you’re using the right “color temperature” or “white balance” setting, or your pictures might have strange effects.
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