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Red Sensors and Laser Star Projector or DIY Star projector solution?

Gene Sung

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Hi Friends,

Sorry if this is in the wrong subcategory, but not sure where to post it.

We are doing a low budget music video soon where we want to have a bunch of stars projected in a room.The link is below, but I found this pretty affordable Laser Star projector ($100) that got good reviews on Amazon. My big worry of course, is if it's safe to have this around the Red Scarlet-W. Obviously always going to try and have it pointed aways from the camera, but shoots are always a chaotic mess so it's possible that this laser could hit the camera somehow.Is this star project powerful enough to ruin a sensor?

Should i just scrap this idea all together?As an alternative, any other good solutions either professional or DIY to create a projected star field that you guys have used? I cannot seem to find an LED system that projects anything but little kid style stars and moons.

http://www.amazon.com/Laser-Stars-Indoor-Light-Show/dp/B000VBNIP2?ie=UTF8&keywords=star%20projector&qid=1462827800&ref_=sr_1_8&sr=8-8

Thanks
 
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Thanks Lee. I think I ended up ordered something like that just for a test, since it was cheap.

So even low-level lasers are dangerous to the sensor? I know concert level lasers are potential fatal, but those are huge.

Should any type of laser just be avoided entirely?
 
As a rule I avoid them! I am not sure if there are any ND or even UV style clear filters that might block that frequency of light?
It might be a long shot to get a swiveling disco laser to have a direct hit on your sensor long enough to burn it but best to avoid that kind of thing or save it for your cheaper cameras.
 
Don't risk it!

There are many intelligent lights (or even simple disco style lights) that can create laser-like effect when using haze or smoke.

If you MUST use lasers, use a Canon 5D or something cheap just incase. You never know if it hits something reflective like a mirror or sequence on a dress AND deflect to the camera.

It won't get covered under any warranty or insurance that I know of.
 
Wil Wong said:
Don't risk it!

There are many intelligent lights (or even simple disco style lights) that can create laser-like effect when using haze or smoke.

If you MUST use lasers, use a Canon 5D or something cheap just incase. You never know if it hits something reflective like a mirror or sequence on a dress AND deflect to the camera.

It won't get covered under any warranty or insurance that I know of.
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Pretty much any insurance would cover and most likely the laser is not harming the sensor if it´s a "toy laser" the once that eats sensors are quite hard to come by.
 
Some years ago we had an TV ENG team visiting our set while shooting an music video. We had some fog there and a little mobile event laser.
We avoided it with our camera and warned the ENG cameraman to do so too, but he was like "no problem".
10 mintues later his Sony ENG Shouldercam was fried. Was funny because you could see the moment the sensor died the next day on TV ;)
The laser burned 2 big dots in it.

After that i make even bigger circles around any kind of lasers.
 
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