Completion of Re-assembly:
44. Install three screws as shown:
45. Insert port cover:
46. The back of the camera is now connected to the camera body with this last ribbon cable:
47. Close up the camera by sliding the camera back fully onto the camera body. Install one long screw as shown:
48. Install two screws as shown:
49. Install one screw as shown:
50. Install four screws as shown:
51. Install three screws as shown, slide on viewfinder cover and reapply sticky backed black rubber piece:
Modification completed.....Congratulations!
Next is the anxious moment.......turning the camera on and testing it to see if all works well. When I turned my camera on, I got a message to reset the date and time. This is normal since the battery had been out for a long time. I reset both and the camera functions all worked well.
I took some test images with the kit lens at 18mm. The first image was taken in my backyard with the 450D before modification as a reference. The other three images were taken after the modification. The second image was with auto white balance (AWB). The third image was taken with the X-nite CC1 filter added to the kit lens which corrects the camera to compensate for the original IR cut filter that was removed in the modification . The fourth image was taken HOYA R72 Infrared Filter. I was surprised that live-view focusing worked so well for the infrared image which was 1/10 second exposure at F4.5 and ISO 400.
___1. Before Modification________________________2. After Modification____________
___3. After Modification w/ CC1 Filter___________ _4. After Mod. w/HOYA R72_______
Another method of correcting white balance with the modified camera is to use the Custom White Balance feature of the 450D. For a discussion of color blanace issues continue to Page 8:
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