Discontinued - Sony is not manufacturing this camera anymore.
If you have a DSC-S30 or find one, we can modify it for you for $150 + return S&H.
Sony DSC-S30 Infrared Enabled Camera
Here is a really neat camera!
We started with the great Sony DSC-S30 Camera and modified it so that it can take Infrared Pictures. This camera uses standard 37mm filters so you can use all of our 37mm IR and other filters. With a USB interface and Memory Sticks (up to 128MB), you can store and transfer lots of high quality pictures. The camera even has a Video Output (NTSC & PAL) so you can connect this to a camcorder or VCR for filming video! The screen can be flipped to view from the back, top or even the front. Images can be stored up to 1472 x 1104 pixels with it's 1.6 Million Pixel HAD image sensor.
This IR-Enabled camera has no overexposure or whiteout problems when taking IR pictures in daylight. Every normal function works properly including full automatic shutter and aperture control.
The Sony DSC-S30 is very small, light, unobtrusive yet takes very nice high quality pictures. You could even use the Video Output of this camera to connect to a non-IR Camcorder or VCR to take IR Video in user selectable NTSC (USA) or PAL (European) video modes.
The still picture quality is better than the pictures from the Sony camcorders. The time to store pictures is faster. The camera has 2 slow shutter modes similar to the Super Niteshot function. The camera can take high speed pictures at 1/500 second shutter speed or can take long exposure pictures at 8 seconds. The ability to take long exposure pictures is particularly important for astronomers, law investigators and scientific studies.
Important Note!
Enabling Infrared photography changes the color balance on the camera. Therefore, normal photographs will show an incorrect color balance. This is most noticeable on outdoor photographs. For correct color balance for normal photographs, you must use a color correcting filter such as our X-NiteCC1. Please see the example pictures to understand this issue.
Key Features
 | 1/2.7" 1.3M pixel Super HAD™ CCD image sensor with 1.6M pixel
interpolation mode
| 3X optical zoom lens, 6X precision digital zoom
| High-speed scan auto focus with 5 manual focus presets and Macro mode
| 7-mode program auto exposure with Aperture priority and Shutter priority
modes
| 4-mode auto white balance
| 1472 x 1104 maximum picture size
| Selectable JPEG, TIFF, and Text modes
| Shutter speed from 1/500 second to 8 seconds! | 2 Slow Shutter Modes | 3:2 mode for photo albums (1280 x 848)
| 320 x 240 E-mail mode
| 12-bit A/D conversion
| 4-step adjustable sharpness setting
| 2" 123K pixel EX-Bright LCD with multi-angle adjust
| Intelligent flash with red-eye reduction
| Auto orientation position sensor
| Time/date imprint function
| Playback crop/trim and resize
| Stores images on Memory Stick® media
| Video output (NTSC/PAL selectable)
| USB PC interface with driver and cable
| InfoLithium® rechargeable battery, AccuPower™ meter
| Battery charger/AC adapter supplied | |
Supplied Accessories
| 4MB Memory Stick® media
| InfoLithium® battery (NP-FM50)
| Charger (AC-L10)
| Shoulder belt
| A/V cable
| USB cable | |
Optional Accessories
| MSA-8A/16A/32A/64A Memory Stick® media
| CyberFrame™
digital photo frame (PHD-A55)
| Memory Stick® printer (DPP-MS300)
| Memory Stick® floppy disk adapter (MSAC-FD2M)
| PC card reader (MSAC-PR1)
| Type II PC card reader (MSAC-PC2) | |
Size/Weight
| 4 7/16" x 2 11/16" x 2
11/16"
| 13.6 oz. | |
