On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Jack <j...@coats.org> wrote: > > The farrier my wife uses talked about another customer of his that has > one and is getting > 'certified' in its use. So he started taking pictures of horses. > There are lots of issues that > allows the horse having a 'temperature' to pick up problems before a > farrier or a vet can find > them otherwise. Having 40 horses to take care of, being able to do > preemptive care would > be a real benefit. >
If this is the purpose, then while this isn't a camera, it would probably work: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96451 Also check out this thread on make: http://forums.makezine.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=1950 they don't mention price here, but its a diy flir: http://geektechnique.org/index.php?id=254 finally, this might help from instructables. http://www.instructables.com/id/Take-Infrared-Pictures-With-Your-Digital-Camera/ Good luck. Andrew > > yes, the 'big boy tools' I have heard of do use some cryogenic > cooling, and in the 'old days' > you could do some of this by using infrared film in a regular camera > along with some filters. > I just didn't know if some of this has 'transmuted' to the low cost arena. > > Doing this for her would make me a hero for a day or so around here :) > > ><> ... Jack > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Alex Smith > (K4RNT)<shadowhun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I would *really* like to see something like this, however I believe > > that it's not the lens that's the determinating factor, but the CCD > > sensor has to be of a different type (it even has to be supercooled!) > > > > If someone has a solution that works, I'd like to see it too. :) > > > > Because FLIR cameras are fraking expensive... > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:47, Jack<j...@coats.org> wrote: > >> > >> Is there a set of filters that I could put on a digital camera that > would > >> block out all but the infrared? > >> > >> Has someone here done this before? (or links to sites that show a DIY > version) > >> > >> This is a project for my wife (thus high priority for me :) - to > possibly use > >> this kind of technology to 'see' tempratures in the 90 to 120 F range. > >> Additional range would be nice, and it doesn't need to be 'exact', just > relative > >> temps. > > > > -- > > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech > > censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, > > chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron > > Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is > > trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron > > Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" > > - Alex Smith (K4RNT) > > - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
