What are the non-intended purposes? I want to use this for those...

But I will probably never find the time to actually do this.

Didn't know it. Thanks to share. Please delete the song you used in this video from your computer. :) 5Stars

that's pretty cool

I think the fact that I can see the infared light on my tv remote through my camera and not with my own eyes is bad ass enough, lol.

hi all if you dont or dont want to use negative you can open and old flopy drive the circle that llook like negative paper do the same job oh and it work on cell too just tape it over the eye but it will be all red so put it in sepia and for that seethrough thing dont get your hope too high it work only on some material mostly slim synthetic and black have beter result and when it work it a really small seetrought your not going to get full naked picture of that cuti at the bus stop....oh and if you succed getting a shot and what more normal color use the negative filter in photoshop well have fun

I'm confused why paint everything black. Painting it black will increase it's emissivity. That mean the camera will register to it's heat. delta Q=S*e*(sigma)*T^4. You should use something that does filter ir but has low emissivity. Some glass.

set the white level on the camera? i don't have the manual

How does the digital camera can see threw the film? The film is dark, so my camera can see a little of red light. Is this tinny red light is the infra red light?

Trees and foliage look like IR, but the see-through thing doesn't even hint at it. I'm using a Minolta DiMage Z10 (IR capable), and 2 pieces of film. I tried with my GF using a thin white dress and dark underwear.. any tips??

fold the black pice it half and hold in front of camera with remote duct taped to the side.

make an instructable on it (instructables.com ) called "home made xray vision for pervs!!!!"!!!

Infrared photography is a lot of fun, great to see a cheap technique to bring it to anyone!

you just take the filter from the negatives and tape it infront of the camera.. or just hold it infront...

i just did this with my cam and i had regular reddish/brown negatives(blank) and a blacker negative. i use the blacker one (like in the vid) and now i don't get anything on my liveview or in a pic??? but i sometimes see the inside of the cardboard housing? and if i hold up just 1 layer of the negative to the cam ill get nothing in liveview but a dim picture with flash not showing much???

Hey, great vid!
I made the whole thing, but when used it didn't work like yours. Is the photo negative thing just unused parts of the photo negative? or actually a specific part?
thanks 5 of 5

sounds like some new-age runescape song

i feel like i am playing nintendo again after hearing the music.. HAHA!!

It took you 3 minutes and 44 seconds to say that a piece of 'black' film over the digital camera lens acts as a crude infrared filter?......... How long do you take to wack off?????and..is this the song you wack off to????

... sucks! :)

Am I right? Replies welcome. Cheers, SirAnthony

i'm wondering if this type of infrared will work on ghost hunting, i dont have $1000 to buy an actual infrared video camera, so by doing ur method is it possible to capture paranormal activty

im using a canon A60- what kind of camera were you using in your video?

i need some vid ideas and tips....... leave a comment on 1 of my old crappy vids

the best one i've ever seen on metacafe, or till now. something useful when you're bored and horny, lol.

I made my filter. but I dont know what the crap the white level is. or what I am supposed to do with it. can you maybe explain a little bit how to do that.

this was very helpful !!!

my guess is the movies are the idealistic view on such a device.
~yml~

how do u make it see through clothes on a pretty new casio exlim

Hi sam i have a pretty new casio exlim and i made the filter thing..... i lined the rings in electrical tape instead of coloring it....... it dosn't seem to be doing anything..... i lowered the iso and adusted the white balence. all the pics come out grey or brown... what seems to be the problom

but every time I try to make one it doesnt work. they just turn out black. And is this handheld or is it supposed to fit on the end of the lens. Not trying to sound bad.. I just really want it to work.. and what kind of cardboard are you talking about?

And it's here on Metacafe:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/385098/transform_your_webcam_into_an_infrared_cam/

How to transform a standard webcam into an infrared cam

When I did this the pics came out with a purple tent. I think it may have something to do with the white balance on the camera or the fact that I taped the negatives dirrectally onto the camera. (mabye my balck negatives are purple somehow). Anyways any idea how to fix this>?

Tape on the Film for temp useage.

I verified that my Kodak V603 was IR sensitive. I took a different approach to making the filter. I used a perscription pill bottle, cut in half, with a hole in the bottom part cut out the size of a quarter. I placed 2 pieces of black film inside. The bottle fits snuggly over the second, non-moving lens portion.

I'm sad to say I got no pictures. First, 2 pieces of film is too much, one piece barely gets a picture. The best settings for any type of image I could manage were: 1.8MP, 800 ISO, 2.0 exposure, Open Shade white balance. The picture was still red and I could barely see 5 feet away. It is night time however, but I don't expect different results in the morning.

I don't see anything other than reflected light when photographing myself.

Perhaps there is an IR filtering lens in my camera, but one thing's for sure.....this didn't work. But thanks anyway you made me watch like 5 times.

What kind of plastic are you talking about?
See-through or just and hard plastic?

the music Sam... sounds like 8 bit nintendo tracks!

Does it have to fit over the zoom lens?just wanna know incase i make mistakes

Great job man! Finally something useful

Time to go to the Red Carpet and get me some pics of me and some celebrities:P Jks Nice Video!!

Given

very nice vid. I would suggest maybe getting better lighting when filming, some of the shots while creating the filter looked pretty dark and overall color has alittle too much red hue. maybe use a desk lamp or something to boost the overall light level when filming.

anyway, good luck on producer reward. I'm sure you will be sporting a new and a much nicer camara soon:)

What kind of camera did you use, or suggest?

IR and X-rays are not one and the same. Nevertheless, a good idea :)

what a good idea? thanks for it.lol

I doubt you can use this filter to see through clothing anyway. I would think that you also need an infrared light emitter, just like how the Sony handycams (w/ nightshot) work.

with floppy disk film? or is that too dark

http://www.instructables.com/id/E7OGJGKPAXEZ7BDYA9/

it is under the video

for this video.

Is that some old film technology? :P

hay programas con los k puedes hacer mejores efectos y basta de un clik o no cabrones???

waste of time!! only old ppl would make such a thing...... its one of the easiest thing to do in photoshop...... and shut up with the "don't use it to see through ppl clothes" haha like it could do that - silly!!

Just because the film shifts the color content of light getting through doesn't make it an infrared filter! Since when is X-Ray the same as IR? The video doesn't show any IR video, gee I wonder why?

I actually did it, I went through all the effort. I took out the IR filter in my lens, I adjusted the whites in every possible configuration. I built the whole silly, shitty little filter device and guess what.

It doesn't take fucking x-rays. It only makes colors look like negatives.

So I ask, WHY THE HELL, would you make it when all you have to do is take a NORMAL picture and just convert it to negative on any simple software program. All I had to do is us MS paint and save myself the trouble.

You suck.

You can take the picture and process it by photoshop. It will give the same results in less time.

...is 404 file not found, why did you take it off the server?