Manticorp

Ok this is a little guide is a how to for converting a normal everyday webcam into an infrared sensor, allowing you to see the invisible infrared lights that emit from infrared sources, such as normal light, sun, remote controls, infrared phones etc

please excuse picture quality, pics were taken with my 7610 ^^;

What You'll need~:

compatible Digi cam
Tiny Screw Drivers
xacto knife or similar or scissors
Very Black Photo Negatives, (as black as you can find, usually where there have been processing mistakes or something)

optional:
tweezers
glue(?)

Ok here goes nothing...


Start by taking apart your webcam and taking a peek inside it ^^

On the circuit board you should see a small-ish black circular thing...that's the lense, remove it if possible :P



You should see the sensor underneath it, try not to touch anything around it just in case :P



You see that reddish or Greenish tint the lense has to it? No? then you may be able to skip a few steps :P if you do then carry on ^^ right now...we want to get rid of this reddish tinted thing...that is what blocks out IR light on most cams :P

If you're lucky enough the thing just pops out with some leverage, if not, try scratching it off very lightly, if it's still not happening, use you're intuition and see if there's any other ways, if it STILL doesn't work...oh well :P hard luck



Now that we have the tinted blocker out, put it to one side, now, cut out a bit of black negative that will fit over the lense and uhh...put it over the lense ^^ preferably on the inside, but it works if you blu-tac it on the outside or something too :P




Now...assemble it back together and there you have it, your own Infrared webcam ^^ which can produce some interesting effects, and if you have some infrared lights on things like remotes, or phones, then you can light things invisibly! great fun ^^

Here are some weiiird pics taken with the infrared:

Me with black hair and a black shirt :P

My Black Keyboard being lit by only a TV remote ^^

A normal photo of me and my g/f under infrared, completely blank! weird... :P

Post successes or questions here! I would like to see all your infrared photos :P