pointing a laser into the dvx...

Re: pointing a laser into the dvx...

Depends on the type of laser...

A simple red laser pointer *shouldn't* hurt it though.
 
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A green laser would kill your camera
one of the guys where I bought mine posted on a local forum here a message about that, I asked him and he said a DJs green laser at a weeding fried a camera.
I would avoid shooting any lasers pointing directly at me
 
Re: pointing a laser into the dvx...

good to know.....no green lasers. i tried a red lazer and its cool. i filled a room with fog and shot the lazer into camera.....its pretty sweeet.
 
Re: pointing a laser into the dvx...

Laser damage in CCD imagers is a thermal effect. So, for a given laser energy, infrared is most dangerous, then red , green...blue. The energy level, the time and the beam diameter on the imager is important. Green Disco lasers are often powerfull and should be mounted for never hitting human eyes. Class B (5mW) pointers do not harm unless you keep them pointed on exactly (within 10 micrometer) the same pixels on the CCD for several seconds. If you need to video lasers, allways keep the cam's shutter on 1/60(1/50) and use ND or specific laser filters. The iris is only effective in case of large beamwidths (>10mm). As long as you don't see vertical streaking you are well below the limits of dammage.
 
Re: pointing a laser into the dvx...

I have already shooted laser in some clubs without problem, but but I will not put the DVX at the output of the laser tube. Here is some examples of a 4 watts laser:

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Re: pointing a laser into the dvx...

Beautifull pics, but (fortunately) non of these laserbeams where pointed into the lens. If pointed into the lens only the background, vertical streaking and ghost images are being seen.
 
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If you want to see how looks an image when the the laser is in front of the DVX100, here it is (include image before):

laser4.jpg

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