Night Vision Adapter for 100A

[martinimitt]

Need a night vision adapter for a shoot, any recommendations?

 

[xl70e3]

Get some infrared LED lights

 

[Shaw]

Near infrared LEDs that would be Anything more than that and you just have a heat source strapped to your camera =D.

 

[azdvx100a]

Ever thought of setting a campfire?

 

[martinimitt]

The client specifically wants a night vision adapter that would be attached to the front of the camera.

 

[JY_Blue]

use a different camera that has night vision

 

[Matt Grunau]

Panasonic DVC 30 can shoot in true infer red. See if you can rent one.


http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webap...pId=14571&modelNo=AG-DVC30&surfModel=AG-DVC30

 

[Icarus2005]

Just a thought here, but have you tried shooting day for night then shifting the blue to green on post?

I've never done it but it's something I'd consider if I needed that effect.

 

[Konrad]

I know this is the DVX board, Sorry

Quality is grainy, it's night vision so just find a Sony Camcorder to borrow most of the consumer models have O Lux Nighshot and short range illuminator. Long range illuminators by sony are dirty cheap brand new on ebay. If the quality was not grainy it would look fake.

 

[Ed Kishel]

I think this can be done, I have attached a detailed schematic detailing how to build a night vision adapter for the DVX.

Sorry, my AutoCad skills are a bit rusty mmkay?

Oh fine, go ahead and snicker! It will work I just know it. Simply record the screen of the Nightshot cam! OK everyone, get out your aluminum oxide and build your own!

I know, its not cool to make light of someone else's honest question, so I did a search and came up with some adapters at BH that allow you to attach Night Vision monoculars up to video cameras. It may be best to just use a miniDV cam with the night shot feature.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...&shs=night+vision+adapter&image.x=9&image.y=1

 

[Jarred Land]

ha ha.. nice one dude.. dont laugh.. thats how the mini 35 adapters all started.

the only way to do it on a dvx.. which is not far off.. is to use an infared lens adapter and then a infared unit infront of the dvx.

http://www.sailgb.com/p/night_detective_photo_adapter_42mm_nd_pa42mm/

has a buncha that kinda crap.. but your gonna get the same quality if you go and buy a $200 sony camera with night vision so you might as well.

There are plugins though you can use in NLE;s that do the night vision effect.

 

[Motherboard]

OMG edwirdo that was so funny!!!!
get some dedo lights or some kino flows on a bed truck , a generator
and rock and roll

do they make a 72mm version of that adapter

and no $200 dollar camera with pseudo night vision, shoot @ 24p

 

[twocik23]

There are plugins to make it look like night shot. Try this, its labeled as night vision!

http://www.kafwang.com/eureka/eurekamain.html

 

[Petrus]

With a real light amplifier unit you can shoot far away objects, with the infrared "nightvision" only objects that are lit by IR LEDs. What does the client want? If the later, just use another miniDV with the night vision. Shooting thorough a viewfinder with DVX100 is going to give much worse image. If the first (like you imply), then you have to rent one from somewhere. Or buy, mucho $$$ for good ones.

 

[martinimitt]

Thanks, I should have noted that the client is very "high end" and when they specifically want something, they'll spend the money to get it and they specifically wanted a DVX100A/24P with a night vision adapter to be shot at night. period.

Thanks for the info!

 

[DBoz699]

Wow..they super strict...i would jus say..shoot with the crap cam night vision....edit in a 24p timeline...uprezz the footage cuz the 24p conversion from 60i will make the quality a tad lower...then jus place back in your timeline.