Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
It was. And it left very little to the imagination. Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 26, 2014, at 11:56 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: Female employees in heat? (The temperature of certain parts of a females body goes up when they are ovulating (and passionate).

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
When I was heavily into photography in high school I dabbled in just about any esoteric type of film I could find. Kodak Infra-Red BW was fun stuff, but difficult to handle. IR film also exhausted developers, so you had to process it yourself. The most fun I had was with Infrared Ektachrome,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Can't you just disassemble a digital camera and take the IR filter out? Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I read this review of a neat little 206x156 IR camera, yours for only $199. This is rather shockingly cheaper

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:29:44 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Can't you just disassemble a digital camera and take the IR filter out? When I was in graduate school, we were working with IR lasers and could not see the beam. One of the other students brought in a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread Tim Crone via Mercedes
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:29:44 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Can't you just disassemble a digital camera and take the IR filter out? \So, if you can get the IR filter out of a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 7:30 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera Can't you just disassemble a digital camera and take the IR filter out? Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Tim Crone via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera Can't you just disassemble a digital camera and take the IR filter out? Dan Sent from my iPad On Sep 25, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Tim Crone via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I read this review of a neat little 206x156 IR camera, yours

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:50:36 -0400 Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: I should have mentioned that the listed module was set up for thermal imaging, not IR plus visible. You can get camera elements with the IR filter deleted for the Raspberry Pi for ~$25. While working at the Lab, I was asked

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Can't you just disassemble a digital camera and take the IR filter out? No. IR covers a lot of ground, basically from DC to (near) daylight! The silicon sensors in video/still cameras are sensitive to near-IR. Far-IR, heat, requires a whole 'nother level of involvement! Near-IR used to be

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Near-IR used to be accomplished with special film, and black-appearing filters. (I have one.) -- Jim I still have a half dozen or so rolls of IR 35mm film in the freezer. We used a #25 filter with it - good enough for playing with. I also have a Kodak UV passing filter that looks black to the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap IR Camera

2014-09-26 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:44:54 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: When I was in the generator business we had a separate department that did thermal imaging of electrical systems. When you get into big distribution gear, the conductors are large copper bars. These