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Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography is your practical guide to the world of infrared photography.

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Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography (Audiobook)

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Chrome Profile Pack

Here is my video introducing the Chrome Profile Pack. The free Chrome Profile Pack contains custom DNG camera profiles (dcp) for many camera models. These are used to set a white balance in Lightroom, Photoshop, and other supported raw editors. They are designed to work on infrared images shot with an IR Chrome filter.

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Diffraction Calculator Updates

I've made several enhancements to the diffraction calculator at diffraction.cAm.

  • Added many cameras. 141 cameras are now supported.
  • Added IR Chrome filter.
  • The selected camera is now saved in the URL. It is included when you bookmark the site or share a URL. For example, here is the Nikon Z f.
  • On the Cameras page:
    • Cameras are linked to the calculator, where the camera is automatically selected.
    • Added a Cameras by Pitch section. If you are interested in a camera with a large pixel pitch to allow for higher f-numbers and more depth of field, check this out. The Canon 5D is currently at the top of the list. Are you aware of the camera with a larger pixel pitch? Let me know!
    • The sensor size was added to each camera.

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Rob Shea

Learn infrared photography with video tutorials, photo shooting and editing guides, tips, tricks, raw editor reviews, and product reviews. Get free downloads to help you to process infrared images. Learn new techniques to simplify the complex editing workflow for color infrared images in Adobe Lightroom and other raw editors. Rob wrote the book on infrared photography, a definitive guide for photographers new to and experienced with infrared photography. Sign up for the newsletter! You can see the prior newsletters below.

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