Re: Camera Suggestions

["RF Dude" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For $10k you get an  infra red (not near IR) camera with just under 20,000
pixels from Fluke/Raytek and this price is considered a breakthrough.  The
camera can resolve 0.25C (bolometer limitation).  With this pixel count, you
won't see details sufficient to distinguish or identify people.  The cameras
from FLIR and others that start at the $25k price point offer 0.1C
resolution because of a premium bolometer.  The lenses in true IR cameras
are made of germanium.  As the price increases you get more pixels, but I
hear that civilian cameras are restricted to 100k pixels or less.     The
military have IR cameras that have gone megapixel and can provide the kind
of resolution necessary in J.Sloud's comment below.

"J. Sloud"  wrote in message
> Thermal imaging infrared cameras typically are used in outdoor
> envirornments
> to view objects up to several miles away.