Monochrome modding businesses in Europe?

[GTom]

I am looking for a monochrome conversion service for a Canon 6D, tried JTW, they don't work on 6D's

[swag72]

There's Andy at Astronomiser...... Here

and Juan at Cheap Astrophotography ... here

Hope that helps

Edited December 6, 2016 by swag72

[SkyBound]

1 hour ago, swag72 said:

There's Andy at Astronomiser...... Here

and Juan at Cheap Astrophotography ... here

Hope that helps

Don't think either of them provide a Mono mod service as yet...!

[GTom]

27 minutes ago, SkyBound said:

Don't think either of them provide a Mono mod service as yet...!

Yepp, unfortunately that's the case. The only stable point so far is centralDS - at 900(!!!)$, I am skipping this one, 900 bucks buys me 3 new sensors to learn the debayering process...

[matt-c]

Only 3 I admire your optimism 

[Alien 13]

3 minutes ago, matt-c said:

Only 3 I admire your optimism 

I agree, 1 in 10 would be a good bet even then it wouldn't be perfect.

Alan

[GTom]

If it ends up on me, I'll debayer a few olympus e-pl5's (~10$ sensor each, I have a camera body), then start with the 6D. Anyway, I hope it won't end up in DIY, because that means couple of weekends invested too...

[matt-c]

It's a shame it's such a niche market, I'd personally love a mono DSLR for astro and day time but the thought of debayering it myself or worse paying the same as a dedicated ccd just makes it not viable for me.

Best of luck mate 

[GTom]

1 hour ago, matt-c said:

It's a shame it's such a niche market, I'd personally love a mono DSLR for astro and day time but the thought of debayering it myself or worse paying the same as a dedicated ccd just makes it not viable for me.

Best of luck mate 

Thanks, I'll need it... In the meantime I received answers from all European modders I could dig out (JTW, Luis Campos/Monomods, Astroghost) - everybody deals with APSc only. Only Hypercams (US) and CentralDS (Korea) take orders for the 6d, which means I either swallow a new camera's price for the conversion or learn it myself.

The mono-modding topic here is interesting, but still lacking complete workflows on recent cameras - for obvious reasons. The two successful providers might have found an efficient way...

[Adam J]

11 hours ago, GTom said:

Thanks, I'll need it... In the meantime I received answers from all European modders I could dig out (JTW, Luis Campos/Monomods, Astroghost) - everybody deals with APSc only. Only Hypercams (US) and CentralDS (Korea) take orders for the 6d, which means I either swallow a new camera's price for the conversion or learn it myself.

The mono-modding topic here is interesting, but still lacking complete workflows on recent cameras - for obvious reasons. The two successful providers might have found an efficient way...

I know someone has done a 6D so it is possible. I really would buy something cheaper to practice on for your fist attempt, could be anything but I would suggest a 550D as I have seen some good mono pictures taken with one. In all honestly unless you are dealing with a back illuminated sensor I would expect the process to be the same. 

[GTom]

Just now, Adam J said:

I know someone has done a 6D so it is possible. I really would buy something cheaper to practice on for your fist attempt, could be anything but I would suggest a 550D as I have seen some good mono pictures taken with one. In all honestly unless you are dealing with a back illuminated sensor I would expect the process to be the same. 

I don't even have to buy (well, technically yes, to replace it once killed  ), I have an olympus e-pl5 to sacrifice and get a few 10-20$ worth sensors. However I don't know how much does the sony and canon CFA differs/resists of removal.