The Cheapest Way to Record Infrared Video
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- This is the cheapest possible way that I know of to start experimenting with full spectrum and infrared photography!
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- 00:00 🧸 Convert a $10 kids' toy into a full-spectrum camera.
- 00:11 📷 Adding a cheap filter can capture unique images.
- 00:21 🔧 Easy modification taking about 20 minutes.
- 00:27 🌈 Explanation of full-spectrum imaging.
- 00:39 🦐 Certain animals see more colors than humans.
- 01:11 🔬 Human visible light spectrum ranges from 380-700 nm.
- 01:45 📸 Digital camera sensors can detect a wider light range.
- 02:17 🍃 Foliage appears white in infrared photos.
- 02:32 🛑 Camera manufacturers filter out non-visible light.
- 02:50 🎨 Some photographers remove filters for creative effects.
- 03:14 💡 Cheapest method to capture full-spectrum images.
- 03:27 🎥 Kid's camera priced at $8.99 on Amazon.
- 03:46 👁️ Low-resolution but functional for experimentation.
- 04:17 🛠️ Removing the infrared filter is straightforward.
- 04:26 🔩 Step-by-step disassembly and reassembly process.
- 05:54 🌞 Testing requires a strong infrared light source.
- 06:13 🍃 Plants reflect a lot of infrared light.
- 06:27 🌌 Adding an infrared-pass filter blocks visible light.
- 07:54 ⚠️ Beware of counterfeit filters; genuine ones look black.
- 08:31 🔧 3D printing an adapter can help with filter attachment.
- 08:35 🤝 PCBWay offers services for project fabrication.
- 09:07 📸 Images straight out of the camera without editing.
- 09:25 🖼️ RAW files provide more data for image processing.
- 10:17 📅 Unremovable timestamp in images; workaround involves cropping.
- 10:34 🎉 Enjoy experimenting with this affordable hack.
Oh wow, this is awesome, thanks!
Awesome. I looked into this kinda thing briefly for wildlife monitoring and gave up thinking it's too expensive! So neat
i remember for cheap eye tracking on pc people would do a similar thing to the ps3 eye toy camera. they were super cheap, $5 or so, 60hz and even higher refresh rate, and high enough resolution that they were suited to it.
Ah, very interesting!
Not that cheap, think 20-30€ depending on where you sourced them (did it myself). You had to be careful not damaging the lens.
@@jjr5233 sorry, i know regional pricing varies, but they were $5 on amazon in the US for a while in 2017-2018. i bought two of them almost a year apart and set them up for friends.
@@jjr5233 they were that cheap in the US online, at least they were back around 2017 ish.
@@jjr5233Depends where you were. At one point my local CEX was practically giving them away so I got a bunch of them. I think I still have one somewhere, and another modified to have a camcorder lens on it should still exist in a box somewhere that I can’t find
I'm not at all familiar with that specific model of camera, but some similar cameras allow you to turn off the date/time printing by entering a certain string into a file on the memory card, named time.txt or timeset.txt or tag.txt depending on the camera. Might be worth googling a bit!
Thanks for the advice! I will look into that and see if I can figure it out!
Nice one!
Interesting. 👍
Hey, thanks for the video, but I must say that your right hand (stage left) is very distracting.
What do you mean? Distracting how?
@@serialhobbyism_official I think they're just talking about how you talk with your hands. I wouldn't get too in your head about it. It's something we are told to avoid in speech classes. BUT this is CZcams, do whatever you want and keep em coming!
@@garrettparmenter938 ah, that makes sense, thanks for the explanation!
I live in Japan and the same camera is nearly $100 on Amazon here!? Mental. Found a similar camera on AliExpress for $20, the sensor unit itself was a little different but not that hard to figure out. I messed with the system settings accessible via the gear icon in the main screen and there's an English option, from there it allowed VGA, 720 and 1080 resolution choices. Quality is questionable but this is a super fun and easy shits and giggles project for sure. Thanks!
Crazy that it was listed for $100! I think the one you got must be a bit different, because I’m pretty sure mine doesn’t have those settings. Did you convert yours to full spectrum, too?
@@serialhobbyism_official Yeah I bought the SV183 IR pass filter, but I get a huge reflection back off the plastic lens on the toy camera so I'm gonna try to sandwich a PL filter in there and see if it helps. I think the guts of our cameras are the same as the screws, buttons, micro SD card and USB C port are all in the same exact locations, even though the sensor assembly itself was a little different. When you turn yours on does it boot with a WELCOME screen that shows a rabbit, then a main menu screen with six icons?
@@zeroequalsthree8649 no rabbit on mine, it shows a cartoon scene with several animals and kids. It does have six icons, but doesn’t let me change video resolution (just picture resolution). Also, mine is micro USB, not USB-C. Interesting that you have glare… mine hasn’t had that problem that I’ve noticed.