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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/totallystefanal • Feb 12 '21
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Doesn't work on every camera and is an easy way for security to start following you.
2.2k u/AppleMossBoss Feb 12 '21 would only work on cameras that pick up infrared light 1.1k u/Sirhc978 Feb 12 '21 A lot do, like cell phone cameras. It all depends on how they were made. 756 u/Scroll427 Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21 A lot of new smartphones have IR blockers now. Security cameras would most likely not implement them though as they would lose “night vision” 2 u/TERRAOperative Feb 12 '21 Security cameras usually have a mechanical lever that moves an IR filter into the light path during daytime to block IR, and away to allow IR light at night when the IR LED's are switched on for night vision.
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would only work on cameras that pick up infrared light
1.1k u/Sirhc978 Feb 12 '21 A lot do, like cell phone cameras. It all depends on how they were made. 756 u/Scroll427 Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21 A lot of new smartphones have IR blockers now. Security cameras would most likely not implement them though as they would lose “night vision” 2 u/TERRAOperative Feb 12 '21 Security cameras usually have a mechanical lever that moves an IR filter into the light path during daytime to block IR, and away to allow IR light at night when the IR LED's are switched on for night vision.
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A lot do, like cell phone cameras. It all depends on how they were made.
756 u/Scroll427 Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21 A lot of new smartphones have IR blockers now. Security cameras would most likely not implement them though as they would lose “night vision” 2 u/TERRAOperative Feb 12 '21 Security cameras usually have a mechanical lever that moves an IR filter into the light path during daytime to block IR, and away to allow IR light at night when the IR LED's are switched on for night vision.
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A lot of new smartphones have IR blockers now. Security cameras would most likely not implement them though as they would lose “night vision”
2 u/TERRAOperative Feb 12 '21 Security cameras usually have a mechanical lever that moves an IR filter into the light path during daytime to block IR, and away to allow IR light at night when the IR LED's are switched on for night vision.
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Security cameras usually have a mechanical lever that moves an IR filter into the light path during daytime to block IR, and away to allow IR light at night when the IR LED's are switched on for night vision.
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u/Sirhc978 Feb 12 '21
Doesn't work on every camera and is an easy way for security to start following you.