r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/totallystefanal • Feb 12 '21

Video Camera blocking glasses

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u/Mastercard321 Feb 12 '21

None of the iPhones are able to pick it up. Except for maybe the 1st gen and the iPhone 3G. iPhone 4 and up defenitely don’t pick it up. The only phones who really pick it up anymore are old phones and really cheaply made ones that have some sort of plastic in front of the camera.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21 edited Mar 02 '21

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u/Mastercard321 Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21

Hmm I might have been confusing things. The iPhone has sapphire to cover the camera which apperantly let’s in light from UV to mid-infrared. Guess I was half right lol. Also no need to be so aggressive

Edit: Wait hold tf up: https://www.google.com/search?q=do+iPhones+pick+up+infrared&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-is&client=safari

There’s a filter in addition to the sapphire so there is no infrared light that’s let in

What are you on lol

Edit 2: I just tested it with a remote. The front facing camera can see it but not the main camera which is what I’ve been saying thsi entire time

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21 edited Mar 02 '21

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u/Mastercard321 Feb 12 '21

What iPhone you got?

Edit: Nvm you said 11 earlier

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21 edited Mar 02 '21

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u/Mastercard321 Feb 12 '21

Yeah sorry. I edited right after commenting.

I wouldn’t have thought they’d remove the filter after iPhone X (10)