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Anonymous
I know this is photography but could you answer my question about this video camera accessory? HVL-IRH2 NightShot accessory? Does anyone have it?

I'm wondering if it emits the green glow that the standard nightmode has on Sony cameras?

Because the camera I'm looking to buy doesn't have nightmode, but I want it to because I'm going to be filming shows/gigs and I want the green glow so it's not so cluttered and messy.

But I did look at a video a guy made on YouTube in which he had a similar accessory and it only emitted a very very dull red tone. I'm looking for the green, you see! THE GREEN!

Can anyone help at all?
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>81190
The green glow is from nightshot's infrared light and sensor. A camera without nightshot cannot have it added, to the best of my knowledge.
>> Anonymous
>>81203

Thanks
>> Anonymous
All digital sensors are sensitive to infrared light. Unfortunately, in normal daylight photography, this would give all of your photos (or video) a strong red tint, so all manufacturers stick a filter to filter out the IR over the sensor. What Sony's nightshot mode does is it removes the filter so you can take pictures by infrared light.

The light it uses isn't actually green, it's infrared. Since "infrared" isn't really a color humans can see, they give it fake color to look more interesting. Why green? Because people associate green with infrared because of the cheap green displays in the IR goggles used by the army.

This accessory spits out infrared light, which is only going to help you on a camera without an infrared filter. I.e., a Sony with NightShot mode. The IR filters on other cameras usually aren't perfect, so this might help a little bit, but not as much as you want.
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ps this isnt the a100 sony.