will IR ruin my camera?

lingus · 23rd March 2008

just curious..

when on auto exposure mode, my digicam will have to adjust quickly to the correct exp setting when i put on/remove the IR filter.. esp. when taking it off the preview screen suddenly becomes very bright before taking some time to readjust.. will this spoil the camera's CCD?

night86mare · 23rd March 2008

no.

it will not. but staring at the sun with the ir filter on,if you are using dslr and through-the-lens viewfinder may damage your eyes.

the only reason why i have included this seemingly useless piece of information is because "no" is too short to be posted.

23rd March 2008	#1
lingus Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: kembangan Posts: 77	will IR ruin my camera? just curious.. when on auto exposure mode, my digicam will have to adjust quickly to the correct exp setting when i put on/remove the IR filter.. esp. when taking it off the preview screen suddenly becomes very bright before taking some time to readjust.. will this spoil the camera's CCD?

23rd March 2008	#2
night86mare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: in your mind Posts: 19,292	Re: will IR ruin my camera? no. it will not. but staring at the sun with the ir filter on,if you are using dslr and through-the-lens viewfinder may damage your eyes. the only reason why i have included this seemingly useless piece of information is because "no" is too short to be posted. __________________ Gallery \| Dreamscapes 09 Pentaxian 伪君子之所以更可憎