On Sat, 15 Aug 1998 01:20:49 GMT, seafirespam@ix.netcom.com (Thunderhawk Alpha) wrote:

>Um, sorry to disappoint all those who were thinking of starting a budding
>career in see-thru photography, but the CCD-TRV65-95 Hi-8 cameras with the
>NightShot IR capability doesn't give you "X-Ray", see-through, or other
>similar capabilties. I've had one since May. I've done a number of interesting
>things with the IR mode. I like it. It isn't a magic mirror. (You'll find
>out right away when you start to use this mode why I say that. For example,
>if you thought red-eye was a problem in photography, wait till you use IR and
>get a load of blazing retina!)
>
>For those that are interested, the IR emitters that are housed in the front of
>the camera have a very limited projection range. OTOH, they should work
>reasonably well with other IR spotlights. The sensitivity is sufficient to see
>about 20-50 yards at night/pitch black. Good enough for a security system,
>probably not good enough for long-range surveillance. I shot a nice video
>of my kid on July 4 at night running around like a nut holding sparklers.

I'm looking for a heat-resistant cheap IR filter to put on my video
light for the TRV-9, so I can do wide-angle IR night shooting.
For some real fun, though, try putting red and polarizing
filters on the lens, switch on the IR mode (but not the light...;-)
and put the camcorder in black-and-white effect - then go out
and shoot foliage on a clear day with clouds in the sky (IR
daylight shooting is neato!!! [white clouds and foliage,
black skies, roads, etc. ;-]).