On 22 May 2003 10:56:10 -0700, m_cromarty@yahoo.com (michael cromarty) wrote:

>I was told that when Sony first release IR sensitive camcorders the

>nightshot abilities were so powerful that they were asked by law

>enforcement to decrease the IR pickup sensitivity. Does anyone have

>ideas about how to recapture this?

This is nonsense...;-)

>The literature refers to 10 feet as the effective range of the IR

>output led. Can you just increase the power or size of the led to

>increase the range? 50-100 feet would be good for night survielance.

>I appreciate any feedback.

Sony offers a multi-LED IR light at a reasonable price, or

you can make your own IR light (the LED solution is not very

wide-angle at all...). BTW, you may find the TRV9 review and

daylight-IR samples (daylight-IR shooting capability was

disabled by Sony part way through the TRV9's production run,

unfortunately, removing a useful feature for silly reasons)

at www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm

interesting...