can't i get infa red bulbs or something?
i don't have an night vision camera
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Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:32,
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no :)
but its the thought that counts :D
how do night vision cameras work?
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Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:34,
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how do night vision cameras work?
Infrared bulbs would just be heat sources, they wouldn't help.
You'd need an infrared camera. Or lots of carrots.
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Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:38,
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when i point my remote control at my cameraphone...
i can see the light... would that work? (its also how i test to see if my remote batteries are dead (i don't use the remotes so none of them have batteries in now as i can reach my hifi stand from here!)
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Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:40,
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I'd guess that that's the remote control emitting some light, rather than the camera picking up infrared.
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Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:42,
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I think so.
But if your camera can see it, maybe it's not purely IR it's emitting
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Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:52,
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do you have a camera phone?
point your remote control at it and press da buttonz!
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Sat 6 Sep 2008, 23:53,
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No, I'm using a regular phone camera which wont pick up Infra Red light, as I assume is the same for most cameras.
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:09,
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My samsung camera phone sees the remote light as a kind of purplish light.
But if I put the remote up near my eye and block out the ambient light with my hand, I see nothing.
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:13,
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Yeah.
I guess the camera must have some IR sensitivity.
I don't think it'd work for night vision though.
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:08,
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I don't think it'd work for night vision though.
wow if i open the door on my microwave and take a picture
i can see the inside of my microwave! amazing!
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:19,
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HURRR. That's because the microwave isn't on.
Even if it was, you'd see nothing.
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:20,
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Go for it.
Or take some pictures of hot things that aren't glowing, like an electric hob.
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:17,
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If it's really picking up IR,
in theory it should see the difference between a cold hob and a hot hob.
Probably won't, but worth a shot.
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:25,
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Probably won't, but worth a shot.
My cameras do.
Grill elements, anyway, as we have gas hobs here.
There's many a tutorial on the web about rejigging digital cameras to properly pick up IR. They can be a bit complicated though.
It usually involves replacing the IR filter with a piece of exposed film (blocks out visible light but not IR).
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Sun 7 Sep 2008, 0:54,
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There's many a tutorial on the web about rejigging digital cameras to properly pick up IR. They can be a bit complicated though.
It usually involves replacing the IR filter with a piece of exposed film (blocks out visible light but not IR).