nikon opinion

[fallen_mathi]

hey all,

ok so i have decided to give infrared photography a go, its always been an intrest of mine (actually what started to get me interested in photography in a serios way). So i thought id buy a cheap second hand camera, and have a go at converting one, (taking the infrared filter out).
i have done my reserch, and found verious sights with how to do this, and the common idea seems to be, that its easier to do on nikon cameras, which being a canon person...i konw nothing about.

ive had a look around at verious second hand shops, (thanks to the list on TP, ), and narowed it down to these:

with my money, i could get either
a D1x
a D100
a D70
or
a D50,

any opinions on any of these cameras, or any comparisons would be more then helpfull.
the type of photography they would be needed for would be landscape photography.

thanks
all opinions wanted
nathan

 

[specialman]

Why not look at one of the old Fuji S-series bodies, which were basically Nikon F4s? Dirt cheap on ebay

 

[King_Boru]

The D100 is a nice camera. Not very fast (burst / read / write) but it has very good low ISO performance for its age. It is based on the old Nikon F80 35mm SLR camera body.

 

[NorthernNikon]

I've heard that's even easier with a Sigma SD-14. Google it and see.

 

[reddeathdrinker]

The D50/D70 seems a popular choice for IR conversions... If I ever go down that route, I'd plump for a D50 personally

 

[Ladybird]

D70! I love mine!

 

[fallen_mathi]

hey all,
thanks for quick replies, the sigma sd-14, does look like a great option, but is unfortunatly out of my price range(250), the sd-10 is under however, so has given me a very tempting offer, however the croped sensor (1.7x) isnt overly convinsing (i could be wrong here, might be great),
thanks for all your replies!, the more the better
nathan

 

[rikki1q]

unsure if its in the price point but i was told that the nikon d40 is better for IR photography due to something to do with the way it filters IR i could be wrong but im sure some clever nikonian will be along to set me straight

 

[diamonddog]

go with the d50,its cheaper and to be honest you aint going to be using it a lot..so it will be a great little workhorse for what you want..

 

[Yv]

Someone round here has done a conversion on a D70, maybe Hoodi, cant quite recall, but they certainly gave the impression of it being fairly simple. The D70 [and D70s which is what I have] is a great camera BTW

 

[olv]

if you've already got canon gear then it makes sense to convert a canon body surely? i've seen 350ds been converted fairly easily