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usonian

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4. But it's infrared and you can't see it.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Wed May 14, 2025, 02:10 PM

May 14

By looking for pods on an auto, you are staring into it.
I avert my eyes for those bright headlights!
I posted earlier on the study which showed that they are getting brighter over time.

What if one of my landscape photos accidentally captures a high power infrared beam?
Those camera sensors are damn expensive!

Not having an infrared transmissometer, I'll look up curves on camera lenses and filters, eyeglasses, sunglasses and windshield???

Life got tougher, I guess.

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Just when you thought it was safe: Volvo EX90's Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone's Camera [View all] usonian May 14 OP

Sensors are one thing. Human eyes are another! . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz May 14 #1

So what you can't see can''t hurt you? usonian May 14 #2

No. I mean the opposite! I will be averting my eyes anytime I notice what might be LIDAR. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 14 #3

But it's infrared and you can't see it. usonian May 14 #4

Yes, of course, I know that. But if I see the LIDAR bump that you showed, then I will avert my eyes. Bernardo de La Paz May 14 #5