Would this lamp, possibly in red mode, be dim enough for working with a camera on a tripod at night? I don't want a light that will glare off the lcd.
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I don't know... I'm not a photographer and do not have the light right now to experiment. But possibly... You may be able to tape some kind of filter over it, as well. I love the red light! I even read by it.
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Yes/No. You need the lights fairly dim to get a good result from this thing, and if the projector is far from it's screen getting the sharpness narrowed in for text can be tricky. It'll work in a pinch, but a large well lit room would not be good.
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Not that great in low light. You will need to light the room a little, try a red light or something to have an excuse for lighting :)
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No way. It's not bright enough. I use mine for photographing rings. I shoot at iso100 1/100th at f10. I have two of them. They are placed 8 inches away from the rings. If I moved the lights to 2 feet away, you're probably looking at f2.8 at iso100. So, to answer your question, in daylight....you'd probably need 10 of these to be seen. :-)
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I don't know if it's dimmable but it's not very bright so I don't think it would be necessary to dim it. It's puts off just enough light in an outdoor night setting. It looks great.
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yeah there is actually a setting that you can use for low light. i've used it in the dark and you can't even tell that you took it in the dark
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What is a "lot" of heat? This lamp is a room lamp; not designed to illuminate a picture. You need a lot less watts to do that unless you use a dimmer switch.
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Never tried to dim it since it is a DC lamp. I will say that the lamp is incredibly BRIGHT.
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Sorry to say, the answer is no. It is intended for task/spot lighting; for minute handwork. For my purposes, I am a little disappointed with this lamp.
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It can see in less light than my eyes can, so I say yes. I don't know what wavelength illuminator you would need to brighten the picture, but near-infrared should work.
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Hello, I bought a light source that looks exactly like the one pictured here. So, it is probably what you are researching. I have been told that my cameras need 820 to 850 nm, but when I hooked up the ir light, there was no illumination at night. If I turned the light directly to the camera about 8 feet away, the front panel of the light was white, but it didn't illuminate anything when turned away, I mean nothing. What a dissapointment. I don't know what else I can try. The ring of ir lights that are inside the glass dome around my cameras are useless, if I turn on those lights, the glare from the glass dome is way to bright to see much of anything.Good luck, Dan Hello, I bought a light source that looks exactly like the one pictured here. So, it is probably what you are researching. I have been told that my cameras need 820 to 850 nm, but when I hooked up the ir light, there was no illumination at night. If I turned the light directly to the camera about 8 feet away, the front panel of the light was white, but it didn't illuminate anything when turned away, I mean nothing. What a dissapointment. I don't know what else I can try. The ring of ir lights that are inside the glass dome around my cameras are useless, if I turn on those lights, the glare... » Read More Hello, I bought a light source that looks exactly like the one pictured here. So, it is probably what you are researching. I have been told that my cameras need 820 to 850 nm, but when I hooked up the ir light, there was no illumination at night. If I turned the light directly to the camera about 8 feet away, the front panel of the light was white, but it didn't illuminate anything when turned away, I mean nothing. What a dissapointment. I don't know what else I can try. The ring of ir lights that are inside the glass dome around my cameras are useless, if I turn on those lights, the glare from the glass dome is way to bright to see much of anything.Good luck, Dan « Show Less
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As long as you start it in regular mode high it won't dim. I'm only dim if started in dimming mode (straight up and down)
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It shouldn't be too bright especially since you can control the angle of the light. Worse case scenario? Try it, and if it doesn't work it's very handy for a lot of other things....or send it back. I think you'll like it.
120286
I dim the light on my screen. This makes viewing from side angles difficult.You might try that, I haven't had any problems.
1055576
No. You need a night vision camera to have this make any difference. An IR filter will remove IR light, this lamp produces IR light. I strongly suggest not trying to modify a non-night vision camera to be night vision. Night vision cameras are inexpensive these days. Get one made to see in the dark.
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This effective unit only works with CCTV units with a infrared censor. Most residential indoor cameras do not have them. You also have to check what wavelength of infrared is required? This unit is set for 850 nm. If your camera has night time capability ? Then I would recommend this lamp. I don't even need my visible lights for seeing what losers are outside. The lamp does put out a slight red glow from the bulbs. Very very little. It does make it more intimidating and sinister as well. Good luck. Qapla'
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Its more of a directional lamp. The room wouldnt be dark but I doubt it would be the effect your looking for. I use it over the couch similar to task lighting.