Re: Infrared-Digest V #258

[Gary Beasley <beasleyglb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:54:14 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Patrick Magee <pmagee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Myth of Heat exposing IR film
>
>On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 Luvdove6@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> This might be a really dumb question but I was thinking...  since our
remotes 
>> for our TV's or VCR's are done with infra red rays and infra red
sensors...  
>> if I took a picture while hitting a button on the remote.. would the rays 
>> show up?
>They do on my camcorder. It's one way of testing batteries. :-)
>
>I believe most of the remotes use IR LEDS in the in the area of 900nm so I
>would expect it to show up. Now how much testing do you need to perform to
>get the perfect exposure of your remote in action? ;-)
>
>Pat
>
I know you can see the remote on the camcorder, thats how I discovered
camcorders see infrared.
Gary Beasley
http://beasleyglb.home.mindspring.com/

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