night shooting

Hello all,

I have been shooting video of sea turtles nesting on the beaches with Sony cameras with (night shot) and am looking to be able to get some better quality footage. I am thinking about retrofitting a night vision Monocular to shoot thru to get better low light footage.

My question has anyone done this yet to get better footage than is attainable with Sonys standard night shot setting???

What about buying and infra red light? I have no idea how much they cost but I'm sure they can't be that expensive.

J

I believe sony themselves make these infra red lights especially for night shooting. They're relatively inexpensive and a friend of mine has had good results filming nesting turtles with that sort of set-up. You can even use two to illuminate a wider area.

I believe sony themselves make these infra red lights especially for night shooting. They're relatively inexpensive and a friend of mine has had good results filming nesting turtles with that sort of set-up. You can even use two to illuminate a wider area.

I have used Sonys infared light with ok results but am looking for something where I dont have to get the camera so close to the subject, I want to shoot Leatherback turtles nesting and when the exit the water they are spooked easily. I am thinking about some type of night vision like what I used in the Marines.

Thanks for the feed back,

Michael

Hi

I made Turtle Training DVD for the Government over here using a Sony A1 and one of these.

HVL-IRM

Got the job done but not good if subjects are a long way away.

You get custom IR LED lights made to your specs. I've seen light panels the size of a small truck to illuminate entire scenes. I think Life used that for their night sequences.

LED is the most light weight.