My wife has decided to move up to a Canon G11 , which is great 'cause now I get to use it as well.

This leaves me with her old Konica/Minolta Dimage Z2, a great little camera.

I want to convert it to an IR camera, I know all I need to do is remove the IR filter (right?) but Im looking for some good diy's to reference along the way. I'd rather not destroy this little camera as it shoots great macro shots and is my daily WTF camera I carry around.

Any advice, links etc would be great!

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honestly, most of the P+S cameras can just shoot through a filter to do IR. Only the DSLRS usually have a strong enough IR cut filter you need to worry about disecting it.
however, if it is a strong filter, I dont know if youll be able to take it apart easily. One of the best things with DSLRs is that they come apart fairly easily because the electronics are all stuffed in behind the sensor. with the P+S's its kinda complicated by the lens being mounted in the front. the electronics for it and all the other stuff are often stuffed in around the lens and sensor. Also, the smaller the camera, the smaller the cables and connectors.
And this doesnt include anything theyve done to the sensor, some will not just glue the filter over the sensor, but make the filter part of the sensors. You would also need to replace it with a clear filter to avoid optical path length differences, and on smaller sensors, finding the thin glass they use might be challenging.
Good luck, but i think you might wanna try just filtering it instead of tearing it apart

BobbyT, thanks for the link! I will test that tonight.

SlvrScoobie, After I test Bobby's link idea, I may try a filter first. As I mentioned, I'd rather not destroy a perfectly good camera.

Even on a P&S, a filter will require you to shoot on a tripod and use long exposures. The only way to do it is a good ir conversion.

Not always. The older G-series of powershots allowed 1/60th to even 1/100th exposures in bright sunlight (the only way to shoot IR anyway) at ISO 100
It all depends on the filter, and the only way to know is to try!

I have no issues with tripods or long exposures, I love em!

I didn't get a chance last night to try the remote test, will try today.