Got Lasers?!

LiE · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:10

rypt said:
He probably has former Spetsnaz, Seals, SAS, etc guys guarding him

Eclipse is likely to require a crew of at least 60 people, said to include a security team of hand-picked former veterans of the French Foreign Legion.

Col_M · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:16

neodude said:
Surely the easiest way around this would be to use a film camera

Film cameras also have CCDs in front of the shutter for AF and metering.

QuagmireUK · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:46

missile defence system in France.

rypt · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:51

rofl @ vid

Burnsy2023 · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:55

sid said:
It won't work.

The laser will reflect off the camera mirror and into the eyes of the photographer. Infrared is extremely dangerous to the eyes so this isn't going to happen

Surely you're thinking of UV not IR. I'm not aware of IR being damaging to eyes unless you want to cook them.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:58

Col_M said:
Film cameras also have CCDs in front of the shutter for AF and metering.

Turn AF and Metering off.

Energize · 23 Sep 2009 at 17:58

Burnsy2023 said:
Surely you're thinking of UV not IR. I'm not aware of IR being damaging to eyes unless you want to cook them.

IR or UV isn't dangerous at low power which is all that's needed. IR is in fact less dangerous as it's blocked by the cornea.