Disclaimer: This tutorial is intended for experienced professionals and made available to you for informational purposes only. Tampering with your camera will void your manufacturer’s warranty. If you decide to perform the conversion you could damage your camera or be hurt or get killed from the high voltage present – you do so at your own risk, we are not responsible for camera damage or any harm you may suffer or any special or consequential damages. Also, by visiting this site you are legally bound by our Terms of Use Agreement, we highly recommend you read it.
Focus Warning: Because of the complexity and requirement for specialized precision equipment, advanced training and experience, we do not provide any information regarding focus calibration whatsoever.
The mere act of removing the sensor from within the camera could potentially ruin the original factory calibration and render your camera completely incapable of achieving proper focus. If this happens we will be unable to help you and even the manufacturer may refuse to service your camera. This is very serious stuff folks.
Focus and dust are in fact the most difficult parts of the conversion process. We highly recommend you send your camera in for conversion instead of attempting to do this yourself.
You will need these tools & supplies to follow the 1D infrared conversion tutorial:
– Infrared filter to replace the hot mirror
– Small philips type screwdriver
– Tweezers
– Canned air
– Lens cleaning solution & tissue
– Grounding strap /w current limit resistor
If you prefer not to risk damage to your camera, have us convert it to infrared for you. It would be best to perform the conversion in a well lit area that is as clean and dust free as possible. Wearing a grounding strap will minimize the chance of zapping your camera with static and most likely rendering it dead.
Pull up the rubber grip material and remove the marked screws on both sides of the body.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 1
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 2
Lift up the rear LCD plate and carefuly unplug the ribon cables.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 3
The ribon cable connectors are push/pull type, pull up the tab and the ribbon will slip out freely.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 4
Remove the marked screws and lift out the ferrite cover plate.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 5
Remove marked screws and lift out the metal noise shield.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 6
Lift up the ribon connector tab to disconect the ribon cable.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 7
Remove the marked screws and flip over the sensor board – carefuly let the ribon cable slide out from previous step.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 8
Remove the marked screws.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 9
Lift out the hot mirror filter retainer spring.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 10
Lift out the hot mirror filter retainer.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 11
Take the glass infrared filter out of the packaging and remove any dust present by gently cleaning with lens tissue and solution and blowing with canned air, repeat until all traces of dust are gone. Very carefully lift out the hotmirror filter & set aside on a clean lens tissue.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 12
As soon as the hotmirror filter is removed immediately replace it with the infrared filter to avoid any dust settling on the sensor.
Nikon infrared D1 DIY tutorial step 13
Now reassemble everything by following the instructions backwards. Set a custom white balance per our instructions page and take some test shots to make sure there is no dust trapped between the sensor and infrared filter. If you find dust and find it objectionable disassemble the camera again, blow off the sensor with canned air (make sure only air and no liquid is coming out by purging and holding it upright) and re cleaning the infrared filter.
If you prefer not to risk damage to your camera, have us convert it for you here.
