pointing a lazer pointer into the lens

[Eryc Tramonn]

Always wondered why laser wasn't spelled L.A.S.E.R. - what the hell?

 

[Ruairi Robinson]

ultra weak lazrs - no problem. medium and stronger:

for CCDs: 100% dont do it.
it will damage the ccd if its strong enough.
you might not see it at once (some cameras, as sony hdcams have an internal matrix storage which lists dead pixels and interpolates the surrounding ones to hide the defective pixels), but you will grill cells.

I have successfully toasted several CCDs when i begun my career in the late 80teis/early 90ties - motion control and lazr (thats even slicker spelling) was to inspiring to not take the risk.

And yes, big barbed-sensor-q-time. interesting effects for the 80ties style videoFX however.

for CMOS:
-should- be the same, but i personally didnt fry any cmos yet, so its just technical speculation, not personal experience.

and the important question ruari - will there be lot of lazer rays in your akira?

p.s.
lazer ray threads are incomplete until someone writes: "pew! pew!".

They probably won't make the "pew" pew!" sound though

 

[James T Mather]

try saying it in a thick nazi scientist accent (aka schwarzenegger by way of ronnie corbett in "casino royale")- "Lihyt amhification by Zstimulation and emisson of rhadiation - Schweinhundt. "

Aka - LAZER - S.

looks like Ruairi was right.

 

[Kreisky]

Nah. . . You're just watching too much FOX News and believing everything you hear.

Iran only has a hamster on plutonium steroids running around in a wheel able to generate enough power to operate a few light bulbs.

Remember though, Iraq still has WMD like it always had. . . right?

that one cracked me dude............steroid hamster.........he hee he......
.......are there any orders from Iran (for RED).......or is forbidden to deal cameras to IRAN ? or anything at all (for U.S companies) ?
....and im not talking about equipment that generates energy.......
.....not about hamsters as well.........

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Anyone remember Lazer Tag? ....I thought it was cool, but I was young and naive. Then I discovered paint ball.

So you haven't discovered airsoft yet I take it.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

So you haven't discovered airsoft yet I take it.

I have.... Still prefer paintball. They sting more. And they leave visible signs of impact, there's other weapons like paint grenades, paint "land mines", etc.. The whole airsoft "did the little bb actually hit me?" honor system thing just kinda sucks. Don't feel them through knee pads / shin guards helmets, etc.. Don't notice when one hits you while riding in a jeep / on a bike, etc..

It's just a lot more satisfying to actually see the blob of paint explode on an opponent's chest or back of their head or...

 

[Mitch Deoudes]

Always wondered why laser wasn't spelled L.A.S.E.R. - what the hell?

Nor is Radar spelled that way, anymore. (And technically, I don't think acronyms need to have periods all the time, either: FBI, CIA, NSA, MIT... though you're right about the capitalization.)

Speaking of MIT - I can't believe nobody's quoted the warning sign from the MIT Junior Lab yet:

"WARNING: Do not look into laser with remaining eye."