Bob Hart
May 25th, 2004, 05:31 AM
This is a speculative enquiry to see if anyone here works with intensified passive night vision into PD150 or similar camcorders and to learn and develop innovative and effective methods of using these and other devices such as IR Extend security cameras in news and nature documentary work.
The industry standard seems to be the US manufactured Electrophysics Corporation Astroscope system. The night vision news footage from the more recent world trouble spots has been apparently originated on their systems.
For non-US people, the costs of the system are a bit severe and un-gifted amateurs are unlikely to have the means of buying the system. It is a specialist service with a limited likelyhood of consistently earning the operator a living.
I have modified a less expensive UK built Pyser device to the PD150.
Despite not purchasing an Electrophysics Corp product, their people have nevertheless been generous in response to technical enquiries I have made with regard NV and the AGUS35 project.
There are one or two things I have discovered with night vision, one such being including ability to "see" reasonably well lit moving objects through light vegetation by a combination of panning and post-production frame blending (layer stacking).
So, any other ideas and operating methods will be greatly appreciated.
The industry standard seems to be the US manufactured Electrophysics Corporation Astroscope system. The night vision news footage from the more recent world trouble spots has been apparently originated on their systems.
For non-US people, the costs of the system are a bit severe and un-gifted amateurs are unlikely to have the means of buying the system. It is a specialist service with a limited likelyhood of consistently earning the operator a living.
I have modified a less expensive UK built Pyser device to the PD150.
Despite not purchasing an Electrophysics Corp product, their people have nevertheless been generous in response to technical enquiries I have made with regard NV and the AGUS35 project.
There are one or two things I have discovered with night vision, one such being including ability to "see" reasonably well lit moving objects through light vegetation by a combination of panning and post-production frame blending (layer stacking).
So, any other ideas and operating methods will be greatly appreciated.