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Using your Infrared Cell Phone Camera

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Some cell phone cameras are more sensitive to infrared light than others. In most cases camera that work well in low lighting tend to be more sensitive to infrared light.
Ideal Creations offers two different filters. The 800nm filter pushes your cell phone camera into a deeper infrared spectrum which provides even better penetration. However, cell phones that are not sensitive to infrared light will have the problem of the images being too dark. For these cameras the 750nm infrared filter is recommended because the images will appear brigher and clearer.

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Best Condition for Penetrating Clothes

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    1) Fabrics that have no cotton. Material like polyester, nylon, rayon, 
       and silk work well. 

    2) Colored fabrics works well. Fabrics that have colorful patterns 
       or are red, blue, green or black are great. However, white or 
       light yellow doesn't work because they tend to reflect the IR Light.

    3) Large amount of infrared light is required. Sun light contains 
       an incredible amounts of infrared light. A bright incandescent 
       bulbs (standard light bulb) with a reflector works well. However, 
       fluorescent bulbs do not work at all.  

    4) A single thin layer of fabric.

    5) It Works extreemly well if the fabric is wet and synthtic. 
      An example would be a tan through swimsuit.

 

See how water helps make even thick fabrics transparent.
Left is a thick nylon swimsuit, right shows it using the
infrared camera and below is it wet with the infrared camera

Camera with IR Filter and Thin Wet Fabric

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Below is an example of how infrared light is able to go through a dark fabric.

Fabric Without Filter

Fabric With Filter

Below is an example of how IR light can penetrate the top layer of skin. When the light is angled correctly the veins under the skin can be seen clearly with the 800nm IR Filter.

Without Filter

With Filter