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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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 |  |  |  |  |  | Night Time Options for Video Camera's
< on 7/24/2006 4:16 AM >
|  | | | I just got a JVC GZ-MG21U Hard Drive Camcorder. Oh my god.. I LOVE this thing... It's light weight, small, and easy to use. It can store ALOT of video as well. One of the better things about it as well is the fact that to pull 7 hours of video off the device it only takes 15 minutes, and it's allready in mpeg format..
The downsides of this device are very little....
The stock battery only has an hour long life time.. Although I have an extended battery as well, so I have a total of 8 hours of life for filming.
The second and only other downside is.. No Night Vision.. From my understanding, their are alot of camera's that do have this. JVC fell short on this though. Sad
Although is does have a very well working slow shutter mode, to allow more light in, i rather not have the choppy video, and have to rely on a flood light to get really good footage.
Is there a good solution to give my JVC night vision? Lets say a night vision Monoscope or something?
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res_novae
Location: NoVA
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| | | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 1 on 7/24/2006 5:02 PM >
| | | | Well, if its someplace thats not watched or easy exploring, could you tape a big maglite to the side/bottom/top of it? Won't give it night vision, but might give a cool effect with just being able to see the beam of the flashlight
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Mr.Coffee
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| | | | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 2 on 7/24/2006 8:03 PM >
| | | | If you're not worried about video quality, i'd just make a big-ass matrix out of IR led's (visibility note, these do glow a dim red in very dark conditions). a 10x10 matrix (100 leds) will give you quite a bit of light, assuming your camera functions into the infra-red range (most do). to find out, just turn your camera on, hold a remote control in front of it and push a button, if you see it flash, then your camera will work with IR lights. since you have an extended battery you can probably make quite a big one and get a nice throw out of it. IR glowsticks are another option, but they're hard to find and expensive (if they even make them any more).
of course, like res_novae said, if you're not worried about being seen, you can use just about anything.
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DeMiNe0
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
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| | | | | | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 3 on 7/24/2006 11:37 PM >
| | | | Thats what i've been doing with a 1,000,000 candel power light, but it doesn't provide much for the light in the video, plus i rather keep all lights off so i don't attract attainion.
Where would i get IR led's from?
[last edit 7/24/2006 11:40 PM by DeMiNe0 - edited 1 times]
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DeMiNe0
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
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| | | | | | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 4 on 7/25/2006 4:29 AM >
| | | | OK... Infared seems to work rather well on this camera. What other infared options do i have? Do they make infared flood lights?
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Mr.Coffee
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| | | | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 5 on 7/25/2006 6:15 PM >
| | | | they do sell ir floodlights, they're available in led and incandescent form, you can either buy them premade from ebay or some of the "spy stuff" websites.
however, if you're not averse to some soldering, you can save about 75% of the cost and make your own, just buy a bunch of IR leds from ebay, get some perfboard from radio shack, figure out your resistance (if you need any), and away you go. if you google "led resistance calculator" you'll get some good links, and you can feel free to pm me and i'll give you some advice too. this is preferred because it uses less electricity, runs cool, and can be powered off batteries
you can also build a floodlight-based ir source by getting an ir filter (or lens) and putting it at one end of a lightproof box, then you put a floodlight in the box and you're done. you have to make sure the box gets vented, and it gets really damn hot too. also don't look into the business end because all that ir can damage your eyes. this is not preferred, yes it is brighter, but it needs ac power and makes a hell of a lot of heat. i suppose you could experiment with making one from a car headlight, but you'd still need a big ass battery to power it, and lugging 60 lbs of lead and acid around isn't my idea of fun.
[last edit 7/25/2006 6:17 PM by Mr.Coffee - edited 1 times]
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horrorshow
Location: NC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 6 on 7/26/2006 12:51 AM >
| | | | for about 90 - 130 bucks you can buy an IR Illuminator that fits right on the hot shoe of the camera - these will give you night vision without putting out "visible" light.
Also i dont know what the settings are on your camera (manual wise) but if possible turn the iris and the gain all the way up and this should help out some as well.
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DeMiNe0
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
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| | | | | | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 7 on 7/28/2006 2:33 AM >
| | | | The JVC Camcorder i have doesn't have a hot shoe. Also could you link me to a recomended one? I've found a few on google.
I need one with long battery life, or atleast one with swapable batterys so i can replace and recharge them. I also need something with atleast 30ft of range and a very good viewing area.
[last edit 7/28/2006 3:29 AM by DeMiNe0 - edited 1 times]
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horrorshow
Location: NC
Gender: Male
| | Re: Night Time Options for Video Camera's
<Reply # 8 on 7/28/2006 5:13 AM >
| | | | hmmm....well the ones I found are for sony thus the hot shoe
most of them run of 6v AA or right from the camera with some sort of cord (running off the cameras battery) just depends on the maker.
as far as range these will do the trick for 30ft no problem. however with an IR you get that nightvision look thats kinda greenish or whathave you.
Thats about all you can do as far as the camera goes. Most consumer cameras arent cut out for night stuff.
hope this helps
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