IR-cam

Dang, that's actually interesting and tempting enough to make me think of starting another project. Damn, damn, damn...

The message from Steve Firth contains these words:

I've got a fair bit of the filter material if you'd like a snippet? Lee Filters kindly sent me a rather large sample.

I think I'll end up sacrificing an old camera as well.

I agree, taking webcams apart is fun. The left-hand image labelled

I've also tried sticking various 35mm lenses on the front, see

Has anyone tried near-UV imaging using a webcam?

Why piss about with webcams which give an inferior quality image,when you can pick up this type of camera for less than a webcam...bearing in mind you need a TV/Capture card in your machine.

I find that both webcams and capture cards tend to stop working if left running for more than a few days, and they require software drivers, which can cause stability issues on PCs that already have to much rubbish installed. If funds allow, I prefer to use IP cameras, which don't require any software on the PC and which are usually more reliable than webcams.

The message from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

Because I had a webcam in the junk box not twenty feet from where I'm sitting and it was eleven o'clock at night.

I thought the instructions said it would be over the lens.

I can see everything - blue but so what?

Well done too.

Mary

First step to interesting blue movies...

Ahem.....

:-)

Having used several of these

Damn good for watching the wildlife around my shed after dark.

The message from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

'Cos it's only seeing infrared. If I turned out the lights and used a bank of IR LEDs you'd see much the same with nothing visible to the naked eye.

As for why? 'Cos I could.

The message from Steve Firth contains these words:

I've just spent a few minutes fitting a visible filter to a big zillion candlepower lamp. Faint red glow visible, but with the IRcam you can see right across the carpark. Smashing.

Right cross the carpark?

Exciting!

Mary

How wonderful. I have to do this now :)

The message from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

It just happened to be the nearest window to where the camera's plugged in. I suppose if I'd wandered about a bit I could have chosen a nicer view.

In truth most houses don't have exciting views, do they? Even when they're very beautiful not much happens!

Mary

"Mary Fisher" typed

You've not watched the urban foxes round here...

We've managed to prevent fox getting into our garden by building an expensive fence. We don't even see them in the street or other gardens now that they know they can't get in and kill our chickens.

That wasn't exciting.

Mary

Depends on what goes on in the car park at night ...

I get a marital break-up/down outside my window so often I don't even bother watching now. That's what living opposite a pub does ... :-(

Owain