kwalsh, Howard, Jack... thank you all very much for the info. Too bad about the LX3's hot spots.
Howard... you've got some wonderful looks with your G9. Which conversion did you have done? Are your false color images mostly done with no filtration over the lens and your monochrome IR images all done with just one filter over the lens?
I was originally thinking about a monochrome conversion as I hadn't seen that many false color images that I really liked... until I found work by Michael "camboman"
http://www.pbase.com/camboman/zionir
I believe these were done with a 665 IR conversion on a D80. The false color look he has achieved in this gallery, especially, really appeals to me. It seems likely that he does a lot of color work to these images after capture to get the rich intensity that he achieves... especially with his ziorir images. Typically the color richness isn't like this straight out of the camera, is it?
I guess the 665 on the GF1, however, may not be a good way to go. I'm wondering, Jack, if the 715 can get a similar look from the GF1 to what Micheal gets with the 665 in the D80. Any ideas on that?
Lastly, is it asking too much of a single IR conversion to be able to get great false color IR AND great monochrome IR?
Jack... I brought one of your street images above, as an example, into Lightroom to see what could be done with post color work and WOW, I can see that there's so very much that can be done in coloration variations. Really nice. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of what you can do with your GF1! Many thanks for your sharing.