IR Light Diffuser

general discussion
#1

Hi,
Recently I bought a PointGrey Flea3 cam and I am just having some fun with it, for now. I am experimenting in lighting a room with IR light and getting a full person blob. I have a cheap IR illuminator, like that one:

http://www.picvideo.net/index.php?option=com-virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart-product-id=263&virtuemart-category-id=37&lang=en

I am of course, I have problems with hot spots, so I made a research and what I found out is that I need some kind of a diffuse glass, to put over the emitter. I tried several material I found at home, including a glass, I took from my ceiling lighting, but could not find anything that will do a good job, for example most of things I tried, kills the light intesity, but it does not diffuse it around the room.

Does anybody have any experience or ideas about a glass that will do that job, or do I need a fancier IR emitter, like this one for example: http://www.visionlighttech.com/security/categories/traffic-lighting/aegis-uf-ir-led-illuminator.html

Thanks!

#2

What kind of problems do you have, can you post a snapshot.

And what do you want to track?

#3

Hi,
Post your results so that everybody here can see it, and you will also get the correct method for doing it.

#4

Hi all,

I am just new to this forum. But much interested to gain the knowledge regarding the IR Light Diffuser & IR illuminator related topics. So Kamend, please share your experience with us.