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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (5 children)

People talk about shining lasers into the sensors. Not sure if thats a real thing or a myth.

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[–] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (4 children)

A powerful enough laser can permanently damage digital camera sensors, but really only the pixels the laser directly hits. (Not to mention the legal/safety issues of owning one powerful enough to completely destroy one)

For example, Volvo's lidar system famously burnt out pixels on people's phones

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[–] piecat@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

That... can't be good for the eyes.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 4 months ago

So point it at the lens, and wiggle it around. That should destroy a bunch of random pixels.

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[–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I saw that article a while back, and thought the lasers would be handy on cameras. You can buy 1064nm IR spotting lasers but they are rather expensive. A 1 watt model will be about $1000.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago*

Thanks for that. Its exactly the kind of info this thread needs.

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