IR illumination for sony camcorder

anyone know which wavelenght of IR suits Sonys camcorders?

im looking for somthing with quite a punch…like a 200+mw laser flashlight

ebay got a 1000mw and 3000mw IR laserflashlights. around 805nm i belive it was…but they are 165 and 300 bucks so quite expensive

and hence i wanna know if one of those would be good with my camcorder to turn it into a 1st gen NV kinda thingy

my idea was to mount my eotech far front on the scope rail and the camcorder behind it….and then use the laser flashlight to illuminate…optimal would be detection of critter at atleast 100 yards, and visible enough at 50 yards to take the shot

Optics/Nightvision

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cygnus-x-d82

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July 1, 2009 at 5:32 am

thanks for the link i got the Hc5 it has 2 modes of nightshot or what ever sony calls it…

theres a 30 fps mode, which i think is allmost as good as the “super” mode where the framerate really drops (shutter speed slows)

but 810 nm sounds like the ir flashlight i found should do well…or maybe not YN was telling me a bit about them

heres the links i forgot to post last time

http://cgi.ebay.com/1000mw-808nm-IR-Infrared-Laser-Nightvison-Flashlight_W0QQitemZ120439858948QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0ac66704&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1205|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

http://cgi.ebay.com/3W-808nm-IR-Infrared-Laser-Nightvison-Camera-Flashlight_W0QQitemZ220443009699QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item33536d62a3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1205|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

sotxguy

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July 1, 2009 at 2:58 am

This article states peak wavelength is at 810nm, http://www.batmanagement.com/Ordering/irlight/irlight.html

I have the Sony SR11 camcorder and can tell you when using super nightshot with the cameras own built in IR its possible to see in total darkness out to ~ 50 ft. But you must hold it very still or put it on a tripod to get a sharp image. The resolution rate slows down in NV mode as I’m sure you know.

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