One Million Candlepower Infrared Spotlight

This is exactly what we need for taking night shots with digital cameras. Remember, CCDs actually pick up Infrared. This is the basis of Sony's night shot functionality. But the infrared is fairly week.

Just yesterday I was talking with Laurie about getting a hot shoe infrared flash for the Canon Digital Rebel that would dimly light up the scene and then "flash" bright infrared when taking the picture.

Well, this 1 million candle power infrared light can probably do just as well -- and has the advantage of being able to be used with many cameras.

If you are wondering if your digital camera works with infrared, it probably does. However, to verify, there are a couple really easy things to do. The easiest is to take a remote control, aim the camera at it, and press a button. You should see a dim light coming from it briefly when the button is pressed. You'll see this in the preview window that most cameras have. Another way is aiming the camera at an active IR port on a laptop or PDA. This works well with ones polling, too, as they flash every few seconds or so.

Posted by Shane on May 28, 2004 11:51 AM | Permalink