645d IR

**Fontan** · 12-11-2012, 09:54 PM

I had to laugh.

645d IR by Pentax-Ricoh.

Apparently, if you want to buy one, you ave to specify its use in writing and stick to it. Very funny.

"Invisible things become visible" is the key phrase, they say.

http://release.nikkei.co.jp/detail.cfm?relID=326034&lindID=4

LowVoltage · 12-11-2012, 10:52 PM

My Google Fu isn't very strong tonight so I can't find the exact model, but there was a Fujifilm super-zoom/bridge style camera several years back that had the same stipulations. The camera was a special version manufactured for forensic use. As I recall, the obvious buyers were law enforcement, but the average Joe could get them, too, as long as the appropriate document was submitted.

RonHendriks1966 · 12-12-2012, 01:53 AM

Well maybe this is a IR-only converted camera to be special ordered. I think a very good idea. Not a big market, but then again it will provide a service to some landscap customers.

zapp · 12-12-2012, 04:29 AM

Phase One makes the achromatic+ back. Panchromatic with extended UV/IR range w/w.o. cutoff filters.
I see no market for a Pentax 645d with extended range - probably it is just imagined as a camera without cutoff filter still haveing R-G-B pattern infront of the sensor.

ogl · 12-12-2012, 09:28 AM

??????? PENTAX 645D IR / FA??????? | ???

100 pcs.

ogl · 12-12-2012, 10:16 AM

Originally posted by Fontan

I had to laugh.

645d IR by Pentax-Ricoh.

Apparently, if you want to buy one, you ave to specify its use in writing and stick to it. Very funny.

"Invisible things become visible" is the key phrase, they say.

http://release.nikkei.co.jp/detail.cfm?relID=326034&lindID=4

First of all,
this camera is made for criminalists, restorers, for building inspection, biology tests and e.t.c.

Camera is placed in security equipment of Ricoh.

**Ex Finn.** · 12-13-2012, 05:29 PM

SONY got into limelight with their original Night-Shot cam-corders. People were using them to get images through clothing.

. So maybe there is a legal driving force behind the agreement.

12-11-2012, 09:54 PM	#1
Fontan Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: 5th floor Posts: 1,610	645d IR I had to laugh. 645d IR by Pentax-Ricoh. Apparently, if you want to buy one, you ave to specify its use in writing and stick to it. Very funny. "Invisible things become visible" is the key phrase, they say. http://release.nikkei.co.jp/detail.cfm?relID=326034&lindID=4

12-13-2012, 05:29 PM	#7
Ex Finn. Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Maryland. Espoo. Kouvola. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,975	SONY got into limelight with their original Night-Shot cam-corders. People were using them to get images through clothing.. So maybe there is a legal driving force behind the agreement.

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12-11-2012, 10:52 PM	#2
LowVoltage Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mount Joy, PA Photos: Gallery Posts: 544	My Google Fu isn't very strong tonight so I can't find the exact model, but there was a Fujifilm super-zoom/bridge style camera several years back that had the same stipulations. The camera was a special version manufactured for forensic use. As I recall, the obvious buyers were law enforcement, but the average Joe could get them, too, as long as the appropriate document was submitted.

12-12-2012, 01:53 AM	#3
RonHendriks1966 Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,675	Well maybe this is a IR-only converted camera to be special ordered. I think a very good idea. Not a big market, but then again it will provide a service to some landscap customers.

12-12-2012, 04:29 AM	#4
zapp Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,388	Phase One makes the achromatic+ back. Panchromatic with extended UV/IR range w/w.o. cutoff filters. I see no market for a Pentax 645d with extended range - probably it is just imagined as a camera without cutoff filter still haveing R-G-B pattern infront of the sensor.

12-12-2012, 09:28 AM	#5
ogl Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sankt Peterburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,382	??????? PENTAX 645D IR / FA??????? \| ??? 100 pcs.

12-12-2012, 10:16 AM	#6
ogl Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sankt Peterburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,382	Originally posted by Fontan I had to laugh. 645d IR by Pentax-Ricoh. Apparently, if you want to buy one, you ave to specify its use in writing and stick to it. Very funny. "Invisible things become visible" is the key phrase, they say. http://release.nikkei.co.jp/detail.cfm?relID=326034&lindID=4 First of all, this camera is made for criminalists, restorers, for building inspection, biology tests and e.t.c. Camera is placed in security equipment of Ricoh.