anyone ever try this IR camera?

[ampguy]

http://www.infratec.co.uk/index.php?...FRscawod3kmcdw

[Brian Sweeney]

It is a Long-Wave Infrared Sensor, real Thermal Imaging band. I used Inframetrics and Agema Thermal Imagers in the early 1980s. This is the 21st century, digital version.

"uncooled microbolometer Focal Plane Array" - No need for Liquid Nitrogen to operate.

[bmattock]

Originally Posted by ampguy

http://www.infratec.co.uk/index.php?...FRscawod3kmcdw

I suspect that's FIR, not NIR. More for looking at heat signatures on buildings and stuff, isn't it? I could be wrong, but that's what it looks like to me.

[ampguy]

there are some examples on the site for medical and industrial use, any ideas on the price ranges of these?

[Brian Sweeney]

These types of cameras run in the $5,000- $20,000 range. They are not cheap. This one is a thermal imager. Great for finding heat-loss in houses.

For near-infrared cameras, a Silicon CCD is sensitive to 11,000 Angtroms. You need to go to Gallium-Arsenide-Phosphate for deeper NIR, and other harder-to-make Sensing Elements to get past Near IR. Mercury, Lead, and Tin, etc.

[ampguy]

Turns out Fluke makes a line of them as well, and they can be rented.

[vortex]

saw your blog..noticed you use a RD1s....you should be able to shoot some nice IR with that too