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Sony Accidentally Created a Camera That Could See Through Clothing (2022)

18 points by evo_9 5mo ago

pixel_popping 5mo ago
The name just goes well with it, the "HandyCam".
- coldtea 5mo ago
  One can think of a pun for the second term too
rolph 5mo ago
i think its the wrong end of the stick, sony created a camera that is sensative to IR. textile manufacturers created IR transparent fabric. im not the biggest fan of sony, but blame [if you are into that] should be pointed in a different direction. to wit: black and decker accidentally invented a hammer that bends nails, and smashes fingertips.
- eesmith 5mo ago
  The stick has a third end - people added an IR transmitting filter so they could record in near-IR during daylight.
  - rolph 5mo ago
    yup user behaviour! aftersale mods!
xvxvx 5mo ago
My first digital camera was a Sony with a whopping 1MP image size and it cost $100 for a 128Mb card. It also had this cool night vision that, when paired with a special lens filter, could be used for IR photography in daylight. It too could see through clothes, something I found out accidentally when photographing my then girlfriend at the local beach. We joked about it being the best camera for perverts. To be clear, this wasn’t a video camera but a digital camera. Different from the one mentioned in the article, and this was in 2001 so a few years later.
- doublerabbit 5mo ago
  Nostalgia, I won a Year 10's schools gardening competition with the schools Sony Camera that used a Floppy Disk. The clunk made when you slotted the disk in was satisfying. The era of resonating with computer hardware is at its end.
  - adt 5mo ago
    The old Sony Mavica from 1997! good times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica#Digital_still_cameras_with_storage_on_3.5%22_floppy_disk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica#Digital_still_came... Edit: And a related article: https://casualphotophile.com/2025/12/30/sony-mavica-floppy-disk-camera/ https://casualphotophile.com/2025/12/30/sony-mavica-floppy-d...
gbourne1 5mo ago
I thought the link in the article about FDR also quite interesting. https://commonplacefacts.com/2022/02/23/fdrs-fishing-trip-and-near-exposure-of-his-bare-buns/ https://commonplacefacts.com/2022/02/23/fdrs-fishing-trip-an...
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18 points by evo_9 5mo ago

pixel_popping 5mo ago

The name just goes well with it, the "HandyCam".

coldtea 5mo ago
One can think of a pun for the second term too

rolph 5mo ago

i think its the wrong end of the stick, sony created a camera that is sensative to IR. textile manufacturers created IR transparent fabric. im not the biggest fan of sony, but blame [if you are into that] should be pointed in a different direction. to wit: black and decker accidentally invented a hammer that bends nails, and smashes fingertips.

eesmith 5mo ago
The stick has a third end - people added an IR transmitting filter so they could record in near-IR during daylight.
- rolph 5mo ago
  yup user behaviour! aftersale mods!

xvxvx 5mo ago

My first digital camera was a Sony with a whopping 1MP image size and it cost $100 for a 128Mb card. It also had this cool night vision that, when paired with a special lens filter, could be used for IR photography in daylight. It too could see through clothes, something I found out accidentally when photographing my then girlfriend at the local beach. We joked about it being the best camera for perverts. To be clear, this wasn’t a video camera but a digital camera. Different from the one mentioned in the article, and this was in 2001 so a few years later.

doublerabbit 5mo ago
Nostalgia, I won a Year 10's schools gardening competition with the schools Sony Camera that used a Floppy Disk. The clunk made when you slotted the disk in was satisfying. The era of resonating with computer hardware is at its end.
- adt 5mo ago
  The old Sony Mavica from 1997! good times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica#Digital_still_cameras_with_storage_on_3.5%22_floppy_disk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica#Digital_still_came... Edit: And a related article: https://casualphotophile.com/2025/12/30/sony-mavica-floppy-disk-camera/ https://casualphotophile.com/2025/12/30/sony-mavica-floppy-d...

gbourne1 5mo ago

I thought the link in the article about FDR also quite interesting. https://commonplacefacts.com/2022/02/23/fdrs-fishing-trip-and-near-exposure-of-his-bare-buns/ https://commonplacefacts.com/2022/02/23/fdrs-fishing-trip-an...

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