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Kolari Vision IRChrome Lens Filter (67mm)

BH #KOIRC67 • MFR #67CHROME
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Kolari Vision IRChrome Lens Filter (67mm)
Key Features
  • Replicates Kodak Aerochrome IR Film
  • Turns Foliage Red While Sky Remains Blue
  • Requires Full Spectrum Modified Camera
  • Fused, Dual-Glass Construction
The 67mm IRChrome Lens Filter from Kolari Vision can be used with full spectrum cameras to replicate Kodak Aerochrome IR film. It turns trees, leaves, and other foliage red while keeping the sky blue. You can achieve the Aerochrome look without any editing or quality loss. The filter features fused, dual-glass optics with anti-reflective coating and an aluminum ring.
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Kolari Vision IR Chrome Overview

The 67mm IRChrome Lens Filter from Kolari Vision can be used with full spectrum cameras to replicate Kodak Aerochrome IR film. It turns trees, leaves, and other foliage red while keeping the sky blue. You can achieve the Aerochrome look without any editing or quality loss. The filter features fused, dual-glass optics with anti-reflective coating and an aluminum ring.

A full spectrum modification is required to be made to your camera. This entails manually removing the camera's low-pass filter and replacing it with a clear filter. Once that's done, this filter will work as intended. (Kolari Vision can make the modification for you at a cost if you send in your camera to them.)

If you wish to stack this filter with additional filters, such as a UV, ND, or polarizer filter, Kolari Vision recommends putting this chrome filter on the front of the stack. The filter only has rear threading, plus the glass is exceptionally thick and can't function properly with another filter on the front of it.

Note:
1) Requires full spectrum modified camera. 2) Different cameras will deliver subtle variations in results. When the filter is used with Sony cameras, the foliage will likely come out more orange than red. This can be corrected by adjusting hue in post processing.
Fused, dual-glass construction
Anti-reflective coating for increased light transmission and reduced flare and ghosting
Drastically reduces hotspots
Laminated for long term weather durability
No channel swap or advanced editing required to achieve the Kodak Aerochrome IR film look
No color fringing
No focus offset
UPC: 786032886064

Kolari Vision IR Chrome Specs

Filter Type
Kolari Vision Chrome Infrared
Size
67 mm Rear Filter Thread
Front Accessory Thread / Bayonet
No
Filter Material
Glass
Ring Material
Aluminum
Packaging Info
Package Weight
0.3 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
4.5 x 4.4 x 0.6"

Kolari Vision IR Chrome Reviews

Pretty good filter for Aerochrome effect

By Mike
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-04-15

I've been using the Kolari Vision IR Chrome Lens Filter on my IR full spectrum modified Sony a7iii with the 24mm G-Master lens. In order to achieve the vibrant red foliage colors with realistic blue skies and other colors, it is critical to have the correct custom white balance. At least with the Sony this required some experimentation as the usual gray card setting makes green foliage more orange than red (see photo), and this is very hard to correct in Lightroom. With my Sony, getting vibrant red foliage pushed the hues of other colors off a bit. Your experience may differ as I'm betting it's a function of the color algorithms in the specific camera being used. I did find that desaturating all color channels except blue can be any easy way to get b&w IR images with nice blue skies (see photo). Like all filters, plan to play with it a while to see how it affects your images under various circumstances.

Aerochrome for digital camera

By Ki-Myung
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2023-01-11

Shoot aerochrome with you converted full spectrum digital camera. Works like a charm, just set your white balance and trees turn red but keeps the sky blue. No need to sit in front of your computer to swap channels. Ensure that your lenses do not create hotspots. Some lenses can create spots in the centre of images.

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