Welding to bright for CCD?

That was the big deal back when cameras had saticon or plumbicon tubes. You'd get hideous smearing and burn in.
As soon as the first generation CCD cameras came out, we all ran to shoot sunrises and arc welding, etc..

Yes, it shouldn't be a problem. I would stay back at least 10 feet however. The molten slag that comes off of the weld could pit your lense or your camera perminently.

J Patneude:kali:
 
The only thing that ever blew away a CCD that I know of was when the laser (can't remember the Wattage) on the set of Jennfier Lopez' musicvideo for her On the 6 CD was focused directly into the lens of my Sony BVW400A Betacam (not my personal camera, it was NBC's). We had to replace the optical block (CCDs) and it cost about $5,000. I shoot directly into the sun all the time with no problem.
 
NBC,

I'm just curious, is the SDX 900 out of the question for you? I'm starting to consider it as an option.
 
Just make sure you have a UV filter in place to protect it from the sparks that can fly great distances and pit your lens. Someone several months ago talked about shooting welding and ran into this problem. (Lens pitting, not CCD burn.)
 
good point.. another, wear old shoes. I had about 100 burn holes in mine and I thought i was far enough away.
 
Screw the CCD, won't that stuff burn your eyes? Don't welders wear glasses that you can look at atomic bomb blast with? Hummmmmmm! I love this kinda threads. The only advice I offer in this one is listen to the guys that do that job everyday.
 
David G. Smith said:
Screw the CCD, won't that stuff burn your eyes? Don't welders wear glasses that you can look at atomic bomb blast with? Hummmmmmm! I love this kinda threads. The only advice I offer in this one is listen to the guys that do that job everyday.
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Yes, looking at the weld directly is bad, but it won't burn your eyes through the viewfinder any more than watching a sunset on TV will.
 
Yeah, wear goggles. Even if you don't look at it directly, the UV will enter the sides of your eyeballs and still give you a massive headache -- not fun! UV will also make you see blurry which isn't good for focussing your camera.
 
Hi there.
I am about to embark on a documentary on a Metalworker friend of mine, and I am wondering the same thing about both the arc welder causing damage to my equipment, and also if there is some kind of physical filter you'd recommend to protect the lense?
Thanks so much!

<>Thora<>
 
B&W makes the best (or so I believe) filters -- the B&W KSM MCR filters have the best glass (wow, what a mouthful of acronyms). As a heads up, they're not cheap, so don't use it if you expect it to take a beating...but then again, never risk your lens or camera, so I don't know why I just gave you that crappy advice.

Get a B&W filter (or any other multi-coated filter) if you're willing to pay up...get a Tiffen if you like cheap.
 
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