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Offline 4cx10000Topic starter

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Exceeding thermal camera temperature range
« on: October 25, 2019, 12:34:04 pm »
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What happens when the object temperature exceeds the object temperature range of a thermal camera? Tried to search but I could not find an answer or may be so that i did not fully understand what I read.  :palm:  I was looking at a FLIR C3 which has an object temperature range of -10°C to 150°C (14°F to 302°F and that will probably be just fine to most of my measurements, but what will the display show if the object I am pointing at has a temperature of 500°C?
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Re: Exceeding thermal camera temperature range
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2019, 08:28:25 pm »
It will most likely go off-scale
 
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Re: Exceeding thermal camera temperature range
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2019, 09:29:52 pm »
Thank you Zero999!

Well ... with other words then, if needed: better to buy a thermal camera with a wider object temperature range. I realize that I have to read up more on thermal cameras before I decide what to buy.  ;D
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Re: Exceeding thermal camera temperature range
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2019, 03:18:47 am »
 You might want to look at how to filter.  Ex if you can find something that will filter out 400 C then anything that is 100 C through the camera will be 500 C
 
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Re: Exceeding thermal camera temperature range
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2019, 10:47:10 am »
Hi JustMeHere!

Thanks for your advice, but I am not sure how to practically deal with this. I was reading about different filtering and realized that it could be a not so easy task. However, it is of course possible, but with for example a FLIR C3 it feels a little scary. Have to read more about it or just simply pick another camera, but that would of course reveal in a not planed, extended budget.  ;D
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