Cashwalker
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I've got a cheapie security camera that is getting completely washed out by the stage lights.
It starts out in color until the lights go up. Then it was black and white... I figured it was just because of the intensity of the lights.
My first instinct was to move the camera farther from the stage, which we wanted to do anyway to get better coverage of the full width of the stage.. But that seemed to make it worse.
I then tried holding a congo blue gel in front of the camera, with no change in the picture. From that, I realized that it's the IR light from the stage lights that was reflecting off the walls, registering in the camera, causing the problem.
Any solutions that anyone could think of?
I'm thinking a piece of glass might work like they did on Mythbusters trying to fool IR sensors.
It starts out in color until the lights go up. Then it was black and white... I figured it was just because of the intensity of the lights.
My first instinct was to move the camera farther from the stage, which we wanted to do anyway to get better coverage of the full width of the stage.. But that seemed to make it worse.
I then tried holding a congo blue gel in front of the camera, with no change in the picture. From that, I realized that it's the IR light from the stage lights that was reflecting off the walls, registering in the camera, causing the problem.
Any solutions that anyone could think of?
I'm thinking a piece of glass might work like they did on Mythbusters trying to fool IR sensors.
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