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Or just turn off all the lights in the room and use your iPhone camera in live mode - hidden cameras (and their IR emitters) will light up like a Christmas ligh

Or just turn off all the lights in the room and use your iPhone camera in live mode - hidden cameras (and their IR emitters) will light up like a Christmas light.

ungamedplayer 8y ago
Is this an iphone specific thing ? Have you tested it.
- henryackerman 8y ago
  Depends on whether your camera is equipped with an infrared filter. Some older camcorders actually have low-light modes based on infrared or near infrared light. You should be able to use those as well.
- zeta0134 8y ago
  It's not actually. Most digital cameras pick up infrared light, especially cheaper ones. Maybe not professional cameras, which might have an IR filter for better color accuracy. The filters are not cheap and IR doesn't affect the image quality all that much. Try it out; point your TV remote at your smartphone camera and push the buttons. You might be able to barely see the light with your eye in dark conditions, but the blinking pattern should be bright and easy to see through your phone.
  - Cthulhu_ 8y ago
    I've tried this; you can definitely pick up the IR light with the front camera of your phone. Rear camera has an IR filter in modern cameras or something.
    - PopeDotNinja 8y ago
      Can confirm. Just saw red light on my TV remote w/ my LG G5. Pretty interesting!
  - jpindar 8y ago
    Every camera I've tried this with displays the IR as a pinkish purple color. You can sometimes see that same color in photos of things like sunlight reflecting off of chrome, or refracting through windows.
- derrasterpunkt 8y ago
  I only have an iPhone 5, it works with the front camera. The back camera has an IR Filter.
- huhtenberg 8y ago
  No, it's not iPhone specific. You can always test yours with any IR remote control - just point it at the camera, press any button and you should see the LED blinking.
  - ataturk 8y ago
    It's pretty sad that these days we are using tech that would make a 1960s spy feel ill-equipped just so some a-hole can't film your wife in a shower at a rental house.
- martin-adams 8y ago
  You can test it with a classic remote control where you can see the beam when you press a button if you point it directly at the camera lens.
llampx 8y ago
That's only if the hidden camera is actually using an infrared led / led array. Also you might have better luck using the front camera because it is more sensitive to IR.
- icebraining 8y ago
  If it isn't using infrared leds, you can at least get undressed in the dark with little worry.
abstractbarista 8y ago
This may vary based on the wavelength emissions from the IR LED's: https://ellipsesecurity.com/2018/05/850nm-vs-940nm-ir-illuminator/ https://ellipsesecurity.com/2018/05/850nm-vs-940nm-ir-illumi...

Or just turn off all the lights in the room and use your iPhone camera in live mode - hidden cameras (and their IR emitters) will light up like a Christmas light.

ungamedplayer 8y ago

Is this an iphone specific thing ? Have you tested it.

henryackerman 8y ago
Depends on whether your camera is equipped with an infrared filter. Some older camcorders actually have low-light modes based on infrared or near infrared light. You should be able to use those as well.
zeta0134 8y ago
It's not actually. Most digital cameras pick up infrared light, especially cheaper ones. Maybe not professional cameras, which might have an IR filter for better color accuracy. The filters are not cheap and IR doesn't affect the image quality all that much. Try it out; point your TV remote at your smartphone camera and push the buttons. You might be able to barely see the light with your eye in dark conditions, but the blinking pattern should be bright and easy to see through your phone.
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago
  I've tried this; you can definitely pick up the IR light with the front camera of your phone. Rear camera has an IR filter in modern cameras or something.
  - PopeDotNinja 8y ago
    Can confirm. Just saw red light on my TV remote w/ my LG G5. Pretty interesting!
- jpindar 8y ago
  Every camera I've tried this with displays the IR as a pinkish purple color. You can sometimes see that same color in photos of things like sunlight reflecting off of chrome, or refracting through windows.
derrasterpunkt 8y ago
I only have an iPhone 5, it works with the front camera. The back camera has an IR Filter.
huhtenberg 8y ago
No, it's not iPhone specific. You can always test yours with any IR remote control - just point it at the camera, press any button and you should see the LED blinking.
- ataturk 8y ago
  It's pretty sad that these days we are using tech that would make a 1960s spy feel ill-equipped just so some a-hole can't film your wife in a shower at a rental house.
martin-adams 8y ago
You can test it with a classic remote control where you can see the beam when you press a button if you point it directly at the camera lens.

llampx 8y ago

That's only if the hidden camera is actually using an infrared led / led array. Also you might have better luck using the front camera because it is more sensitive to IR.

icebraining 8y ago
If it isn't using infrared leds, you can at least get undressed in the dark with little worry.

abstractbarista 8y ago

This may vary based on the wavelength emissions from the IR LED's: https://ellipsesecurity.com/2018/05/850nm-vs-940nm-ir-illuminator/ https://ellipsesecurity.com/2018/05/850nm-vs-940nm-ir-illumi...