Okemo, VT in Infrared - 4K60 - 2/9/2024

Описание: First off, infrared light, which is just beyond red light, is about 750nm to 1,000,000nm. I'm shooting in 830nm to approximately 1,100nm. That range works very much like visible light, except our eyes can't see it. In my video, anything that reflects a lot of that range of infrared will appear white. And if it reflects very little, it will appear black.

Leaves and pine needles reflect a ton of infrared, so they'll be white. Same with many of the ski clothes people are wearing. A black headband or jacket can often look bright white. It all depends on the type of fiber used to make it.

The range of 8,000nm–15,000nm infrared is what "thermal imaging" uses, like in the Predator movies. Represented in monochrome, or red through blue. Again, my video is in a much smaller wavelength of infrared that does not indicate temperature.

I used my highly modified Canon R7 camera for this video, with a zoom lens set to a 10mm focal length.

As for the camera's modifications, first I had the internal filter replaced with a 830nm infrared filter.

Then I had the color filter array removed as well. Which allows in even more infrared light. Videos are now bright enough I can record even with a seriously overcast, cloudy, grey sky, and still have things look bright enough at 4K60. Only downside is the camera will forever be monochrome.

This camera by itself is seriously not meant for the task at hand. Image stabilization didn't seem as nice as a proper action cam, and I lacked a gimbal. Thus I stuck to easy cruising trails, so I could focus on holding the camera as steady as possible. It's still very shaky though. Be warned!

The wind noise was a disaster for many parts of the video. So I replaced most of it with music. Figured a slightly odd collection was a match for doing something as wonderfully odd as an infrared ski video.

YouTube provided music used, in order:
Dreaming Of A New Day - White Hex
Vampire - Emmet Fenn
Lock - Jeremy Black