Another example of how dangerous lasers can be for your HDSLR sensor!
Posted on 08. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch in 1D MKIV, 5D2, 60D, 7D, GH2, T2i, T3, T3i, Video
Last year, we posted about how dangerous lasers can be (see post) for your HDSLR sensor and now, there are other examples popping up on youtube. So this is just a reminder of how dangerous they can be – just in case you didn’t know!
It isn’t a problem taking video of a laser show that is pointed away from the camera, but if the laser has any chance of pointing directly into your lens, just say no!
One video
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Another sample
Сrash matix Canon 7D – The laser has burned a matrix (Leona Avrelina & Syntheticsax)
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Another Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) example:
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[source: ALTFoto via petapixel]
(cover photo credit: snap from the video)
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Yves Simard
08. Jul, 2011
Wow – if it was a rental, its yours now!
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fawaz (ragamuffingospel)
08. Jul, 2011
I believe this isn’t covered by warranty but maybe one can fix this using AE’s wireremoval plugin or even better Nuke X rotopaint of witeremoval plugin included in furnance core so you can at least still use it for videos
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mafibasheth
08. Jul, 2011
Have we learned to not shoot around lasers yet?
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Charles O. Slavens
09. Jul, 2011
Would a polarizing filter nutralize the effect of the laser on the sensor?
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William Sommerwerck
09. Jul, 2011
Around 1970, I photographed lasers in the physics department at the University of Maryland. I made the mistake of looking directly into a laser through the camera lens. Although the focusing screen was between me and the laser light, I nevertheless burned a “floater” into the goo the eyeball is filled with. It was small, and not visible unless I closed the other eye, but it was there for more than 20 years.
PS: This edit box stinks.
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karlhsu
09. Jul, 2011
To William: Oh my god. thank you for post this. Now I know the dangerous of laser.
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Allister Whyte
10. Jul, 2011
wondering if Canon could make some kind of filter to deal with this as these cams are used ALOT at concerts
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Bob
10. Jul, 2011
This also illustrates the dangers of going to really bad concerts as well…
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William Sommerwerck
10. Jul, 2011
The only filter that would work would be a high-Q dichroic filter at exactly the laser wavelength — which would render the laser effects essentially invisible. Got a thousand dollars (or so)?
When making stills, there’s also the possibility of damaging the autofocus sensors. But I don’t know how susceptible they are.
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