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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 347652" data-attributes="member: 9240">It's all about the right tool for the job, right?&nbsp; I was answering a post in an IR thread about how Nikons are difficult to white balance post-IR conversion, whereas Canon doesn't seem to be a problem.&nbsp; That got me thinking about this post and what my brother mentioned - how there's something fundamentally different in the way Nikon handles IR and UV.&nbsp; I guess the IR thread confirms that in some way, because once the IR filtration is stripped off the WB often goes fully to the blue side to even try and WB an IR RAW image, and often requires custom camera profiles to achieve it in post.&nbsp; That tells me that Nikon may filter off far more IR in their filter stack than Canon, leading to those subtle differences you and others are having to deal with.&nbsp; I know I'm restating opinion more than coming up with anything new, but having experienced an unfiltered IR conversion and the WB issues it now makes sense to me how that problem has its basis in the filter stack and the way the naked sensor deals with IR wavelengths, and how in a filtered stack it still has an impact on color.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 347652, member: 9240"] It's all about the right tool for the job, right? I was answering a post in an IR thread about how Nikons are difficult to white balance post-IR conversion, whereas Canon doesn't seem to be a problem. That got me thinking about this post and what my brother mentioned - how there's something fundamentally different in the way Nikon handles IR and UV. I guess the IR thread confirms that in some way, because once the IR filtration is stripped off the WB often goes fully to the blue side to even try and WB an IR RAW image, and often requires custom camera profiles to achieve it in post. That tells me that Nikon may filter off far more IR in their filter stack than Canon, leading to those subtle differences you and others are having to deal with. I know I'm restating opinion more than coming up with anything new, but having experienced an unfiltered IR conversion and the WB issues it now makes sense to me how that problem has its basis in the filter stack and the way the naked sensor deals with IR wavelengths, and how in a filtered stack it still has an impact on color. [/QUOTE]

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