Camera Excitment and Drama
Aug. 12th, 2008 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
errantemberThe Sony camera I had before had infrared spotlights build into it to allow it to see in total darkness. Although my new Fujifilm camera can see infrared light, it doesn't have an infrared-only lighting system built in, so I want to construct one. I went to Radio Snack today to pick up a 16mW IR LED and some resistors to make it go. I hooked it up to a pair of batteries, and it works. It's totally invisible to the naked eye, but seen through my camera, it's visible, and can dimly illuminate something about 5 feet away. That's not powerful enough, but I see online LEDs that go up to at least 60mW, and three of four of those would probably do trick nicely. I'm also interested in adding a filter to my flash so it only flashes in IR.
In other news, however, the bachelorette party I shot the other night must have been too much for the poor camera, because now I'm getting "FOCUS ERROR" warnings when I turn it on, and it won't focus anymore. I've contacted the dealer, and will try to stave off suicidal depression long enough to get it fixed.
In other news, however, the bachelorette party I shot the other night must have been too much for the poor camera, because now I'm getting "FOCUS ERROR" warnings when I turn it on, and it won't focus anymore. I've contacted the dealer, and will try to stave off suicidal depression long enough to get it fixed.
