HELP! Crazy Newb Seeking Advice on DSLR Sensor Manipulation

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SteveH

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puchekit said:
Friends,

This idea is crazy, yes. But people are investing thousands of dollars to get this conversion done to their cameras. They are spending more money on the conversion than the camera itself! See below

diglloyd blog - A 36-megapixel Pure Monochrome Camera (Modified Nikon D800)

I am interested in capturing a light event whose duration is a mere 1/20 of a second. The event is displayed on a green phosphor screen. I have been using post-processing techniques (not very savvy ones) to convert these images to BW, but I am not confident that I am getting the most of the image that I can. This is what led me to consider permanent conversion to monochrome.

Any tips on PP techniques that I can mess around with. I am currently using GIMP to process.

Any help would be great!
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The article says that he "Scraped 8 microns from the sensor..." - So what's the plan? Take the sensor out, lay it on the kitchen table and take a palette knife to it?
At least you could post some blurry pictures of you crying into your beer after it goes wrong....


My advice = "Don't"
 
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