Fun with a Red Light

I was taking a walk with my wife and a friend through a large dark park the other night. I had my E2D and a red filter with me. I noticed that the red light really makes reflective signs and car tail light assemblies glow brightly at a distance even though one cannot see the red beam. A couple parked their car in the distance and locked it remotely (tail lights flashed) and started to walk away. I then flashed their tail lights with my red beam. They walked back to their car and locked it again. Again I flashed their tail lights. Again they checked it. After the 3rd time they started to look around but did not see me as I was standing in the shadows. Childish yes, fun you betcha!!!

Nice!!!....always fun to mess with friends!!!

Rats (the four legged kind) can't see red. Freaky for you and freaky for them.

Sub_Umbra said:

Rats (the four legged kind) can't see red. Freaky for you and freaky for them.

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No kidding. You learn something new everyday!

What about cats?

cute story!

I tried my red SF L1 (1st gen) on gold suspended in liquid, a VERY pretty effect.

flashy bazook said:

cute story!

I tried my red SF L1 (1st gen) on gold suspended in liquid, a VERY pretty effect.

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pics?

hm...I've never actually done any pics here, maybe I could try it at some point. Maybe once I get the Lumapower M3 it might be worth posting pics, as I think we've only seen pics of it in engineering samples, and not the real thing.

but I'd need some kind of website account where I could upload the pics so I could link to them from here, I don't have attachment priviledges at CPF.

www.imageshack.us

sometimes it lags a bit, but apart from that, it's quick, easy and reliable.

Pbase.com @$23/500mb/year not bad,very fast loading....

flashy bazook said:

hm...I've never actually done any pics here, maybe I could try it at some point. Maybe once I get the Lumapower M3 it might be worth posting pics, as I think we've only seen pics of it in engineering samples, and not the real thing.

but I'd need some kind of website account where I could upload the pics so I could link to them from here, I don't have attachment priviledges at CPF.

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Im an admin at www.mypicgallery.com so you can send them to me and I can host them for you if you dont want to start an account of your own.

I you want a cheap but excellent green or red Led light...buy an Elly from deal extreme, and swap in a 1 watt green/red Led from these guys.
http://www.besthongkong.com/index.php?cPath=19_22

I have the Green in my Elly and it is excellent.

The Lux III red/orange is particularly bright. Very fun light to play with. It is reverse polarity though, so you need to keep that in mind.

Did I mention they are bright?

flashy bazook said:

cute story!

I tried my red SF L1 (1st gen) on gold suspended in liquid, a VERY pretty effect.

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Are you talking about Goldschlager?

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It makes the next door neighbors cats eye's glow

Reminds me of the days when red laser pointers were new and amazing. I used to mess with people all the time... moving red dots on their walls... they must have thought it was poltergeist activity or something.

Get a digital slr, remove IR filter of slr, install high power zoom, preferbly f2.8 or faster, put an R72 infrared filter to the lens, shine the light to wet bikini and take photo--->he..he..he..

Yes Red works verry well on reflective surfaces, When I go hunting I ware a Red headlamp that showes my white reflective tree markers from verry far away

My money's on it

ROVER said:

Are you talking about Goldschlager?

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kelmo said:

I noticed that the red light really makes reflective signs and car tail light assemblies glow brightly at a distance even though one cannot see the red beam.

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This is what i even noticed during daylight, now i have to try it at night

Sub_Umbra said:

Rats (the four legged kind) can't see red. Freaky for you and freaky for them.

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Interesting, i must try this out! Luckily there is a place in my town where they even active during daytime.