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Unread 20-02-2014, 23:24
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Re: Infrared Camera Results

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Originally Posted by sparkytwd View Post
...The illuminator in is a single 2W 850nm IR Led on a standard star heatsink/pcb...
Don't know if 2W is supply power or emitted power, nor the angle of the emitted beam, but IR light in that wavelength range is potentially hazardous, since the eye generally won't react to it by blinking or closing.

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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle View Post
Also, I've taken infrared video of the field using a Kinect. The trusses with about 100 high intensity CANs pointing down at the field make it a bit more interesting. The tape they use to mark lines of the field, any lexan or shiny element of the field that has the right orientation will start reflecting that light back into your camera. This doesn't make it impossible, but it makes both IR and visible light a bit more challenging.
This is so true. We used a Kinect as a IR camera for Rebound Rumble. We were amazed how bright the nets appeared in our image.

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