Infrared Light under 50$

[csshih]

Yep, as the title says, one of my friends is looking for an infrared light for some sort of photography
it has to be under 50$ and give no or almost no visible light , and use standard batteries.. no lithium-ion, lithium.

 

[american lockpicker]

Heres one but it uses Lithium batteries

http://www.photonlight.com/Photon-F...-Flashlights-p/fm-led-keychain-flashlight.htm

 

[csshih]

how "bright" is that one? He's looking for a decently bright one.

 

[Chrontius]

Surefire G2 with a 3W IR dropin from DX? There's a thing on b/s/t with camo G2s for $25, and if they're sold out, the store's substituting yellow/black ones for the same price. All told, should be about $40, and a bit of a wait (module ships from China)

Oh wait, that thing glows pretty good... may be a good starting place though; I'm told that certain combinations of filter gels will block all visible light while passing IR for a really cheap low-pass filter.

Aha! Here it is.

 

[csshih]

ooh.. I've seen that, but are there any options in which no modding is required, eg, all in one package?

 

[american lockpicker]

how "bright" is that one? He's looking for a decently bright one.

I'm not sure I haven't got one thats infrared.

 

[kosPap]

ooh.. I've seen that, but are there any options in which no modding is required, eg, all in one package?

solarforce sells at ebay (solarforcestore) their L-2 flashlight with a IR drop-in...it needs 3.6-8.4V so if you want to run with Ni-Mh batts you will also buy extenders to make it 3xNiMh.

though I do not see the reason why avoid lithiums....

 

[Chrontius]

ooh.. I've seen that, but are there any options in which no modding is required, eg, all in one package?

I'm not sure how hard that 'modding' is, but I can see how it's a pain in the neck to assemble the parts. I really do think it's the best bang for the buck in IR LED lights, though.

 

[csshih]

yep, thanks for responding.

the problem is.. my friend isn't really a flashaholic, he just needs a quick light that he probably wont be using for too long.

I don't think he'll want to convert to li-ions.

 

[VegasF6]

Maglite sells an IR filter, you just slap it on the end of your standard C or D light. Easy enough?

http://www.flashlightlens.com/str/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow&ref=CDIR_Filter

That one is like 20$. I know I saw one before that was quite a bit more money, like over $100, and it was nearly black.

Here is another:
http://www.mscelectronics.com/nightvision.htm
Notice they also sell a square plastic filter for the same thing.


Streamlight also has one for spotlights, a brighter but more expensive option.

*edit* here is the expensive black one I was talking about.
http://www.irawoods.com/Maglite-Infrared-Lens-Covert-w-Holder-C-or-D-Cell
I don't know why it is so much more expensive, I have to assume it does something better

I don't know a lot about photography, but I thought the more common way to do this was traditional lights and an IR pass filter on the camera??

 

[nailbender]

Here is one that I am waiting on to get here it uses Cr123 and was barely under 50
Dave

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tactical-5W-Infrared-IR-LED-Bulb-4-Surefire-Flashlight_W0QQitemZ260333080066QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item260333080066&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A1|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

 

[kosPap]

same as the solarfoce i suggested...maybe a bit less???