Infrared thermal imaging

[Rubycon]

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Looks neat. I'll have to borrow this camera once and take some cool pix of stuff we have around here.

 

[Goosemaster]

cool

 

[Gillbot]

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/gillbot/JamesIR.jpg

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/gillbot/JamesIR.jpg

Stalker!

 

[Gillbot]

I keep that for when you get the obligatory member's pics threads. I just post that since it is a shot of me but you really can't see anything.

 

[wvtalbot]

This isnt anything new really. Law enforcement has been using this to detect people growing marijuana inside their houses for years. Can also be used to improve the heat efficiency of you home. I had a remote sensing class where we counted deer at night using aerial photography, or even used satellite imagery to tell if a nuclear power plant was operational by looking at the infrared band.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: wvtalbot
This isnt anything new really. Law enforcement has been using this to detect people growing marijuana inside their houses for years. Can also be used to improve the heat efficiency of you home. I had a remote sensing class where we counted deer at night using aerial photography, or even used satellite imagery to tell if a nuclear power plant was operational by looking at the infrared band.

This is what I get paid to do for a living! After the wildfires out west a few years back, we were sent out to help firefighters look for hot spots.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: wvtalbot
This isnt anything new really. Law enforcement has been using this to detect people growing marijuana inside their houses for years. Can also be used to improve the heat efficiency of you home. I had a remote sensing class where we counted deer at night using aerial photography, or even used satellite imagery to tell if a nuclear power plant was operational by looking at the infrared band.

Hmmm never said anything about it being new - just thought the computer pix were interesting showing what we already know. Video cards are basically blast furnaces. :Q

 

[wvtalbot]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: wvtalbot
This isnt anything new really. Law enforcement has been using this to detect people growing marijuana inside their houses for years. Can also be used to improve the heat efficiency of you home. I had a remote sensing class where we counted deer at night using aerial photography, or even used satellite imagery to tell if a nuclear power plant was operational by looking at the infrared band.

This is what I get paid to do for a living! After the wildfires out west a few years back, we were sent out to help firefighters look for hot spots.

I don't do a lot of remote sensing anymore, but I am thinking of applying to a company that specializes in rs like Earthsat when my current mapping contract ends in a few years.

 

[Gillbot]

I don't do as much IR as I used to but sometimes I still get the call for an unusual job that turns out to be a lot of fun!

Video cards are basically blast furnaces

I have quite a few IR shots of a real blast furnace! I'd post up alot more but many places don't like to show anything even if you can't gather info about their processes.

 

[ElFenix]

are there any digital cameras that have an IR mode?

guess i've got a use for that old slr after all

 

[wvtalbot]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
I don't do as much IR as I used to but sometimes I still get the call for an unusual job that turns out to be a lot of fun!

Video cards are basically blast furnaces

I have quite a few IR shots of a real blast furnace! I'd post up alot more but many places don't like to show anything even if you can't gather info about their processes.

Plus you have to understand that it is all relative, those video cards might not be even hot, they are just warmer than everything around them.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: wvtalbot
This isnt anything new really. Law enforcement has been using this to detect people growing marijuana inside their houses for years. Can also be used to improve the heat efficiency of you home. I had a remote sensing class where we counted deer at night using aerial photography, or even used satellite imagery to tell if a nuclear power plant was operational by looking at the infrared band.

This is what I get paid to do for a living! After the wildfires out west a few years back, we were sent out to help firefighters look for hot spots.

What do you do the rest of the time? I can't imagine that you just sit around waiting to get called out to hot spots.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: wvtalbot

Originally posted by: Gillbot
I don't do as much IR as I used to but sometimes I still get the call for an unusual job that turns out to be a lot of fun!

Video cards are basically blast furnaces

I have quite a few IR shots of a real blast furnace! I'd post up alot more but many places don't like to show anything even if you can't gather info about their processes.

Plus you have to understand that it is all relative, those video cards might not be even hot, they are just warmer than everything around them.

Oh I know, I do thermal inspections for a living.

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: wvtalbot
This isnt anything new really. Law enforcement has been using this to detect people growing marijuana inside their houses for years. Can also be used to improve the heat efficiency of you home. I had a remote sensing class where we counted deer at night using aerial photography, or even used satellite imagery to tell if a nuclear power plant was operational by looking at the infrared band.

This is what I get paid to do for a living! After the wildfires out west a few years back, we were sent out to help firefighters look for hot spots.

What do you do the rest of the time? I can't imagine that you just sit around waiting to get called out to hot spots.

Lately I sit on my butt and wait for callouts! j/k

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[Dubb]

a year or so ago I borrowed one of these from a family member:

http://www.infraredsolutions.com/html/products/flexCamF.shtml

absolutely stunning how acurate they are. I took a bunch of pictures of my xeons with it (I think I put a thread up in GH)

even more fun was taking a picture of my hand and seeing the bones (they're a slightly lower temp than flesh) :shocked:

 

[Gillbot]

You are not really seeing the bones but probably a lower bloodflow in the area surrounding them. The camera CAN NOT see through skin like an X-ray.

I have used the camera for breast cancer research though. Lumps show up really well and is much less intrusive. It's still in development though.

 

[dwcal]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
are there any digital cameras that have an IR mode?

guess i've got a use for that old slr after all

Most CCDs detect IR. There's an easy way to check. Point a TV remote at your camera and look at the LCD screen. I can usually see the remote's LED flashing when I press buttons.

However, they're probably not sensitive enough to do thermal imaging. You could get a kind of poor man's night vision by shooting with an IR illuminator.