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Title: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: Trax on April 14, 2015, 10:18:10 am
What cheep thermal camera should I get?
It must be cheep.
And have at least a few dozens pixels, so lepton sensor 60x80 or better.
it can be standalone it attachable to a android phone.
and it must be cheep
its mostly for playing around
have I mentioned that it must be cheep? ;)

Trax
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: sotos on April 14, 2015, 10:38:18 am
What’s your budget?
100 , 300, 1000 euro’s ?
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: Trax on April 14, 2015, 10:45:42 am
I would like 100 but I guess that may not be realistic so I'm willing to go to 300 (incl tax + shipment to Austria) but definitely not more.
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: MLXXXp on April 14, 2015, 10:19:15 pm
If you can wait until around the end of the year, and are willing to risk that it might not work very well or you might never get it:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ebeall/hemavision-smart-thermal-imaging-with-computer-vis (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ebeall/hemavision-smart-thermal-imaging-with-computer-vis)
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: Trax on April 15, 2015, 07:08:18 am
for 300$ i can wait and get the android compatible Next Gen Flir One that was already presented on ten CES.
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: Trax on April 18, 2015, 11:48:38 am
no replyes?
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: janoc on April 18, 2015, 02:21:24 pm
Quote from: Trax on April 18, 2015, 11:48:38 am
no replyes?

Perhaps because there isn't one in that budget and the smartphone capability? (btw, why it needs to work with smartphone? Standalone is always better). There is only Seek Thermal for $299.


Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: marshallh on April 18, 2015, 04:50:22 pm
FLiR one (for iphone 5/5s) is now $199 with a coupon code - SPRING50
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: Trax on April 19, 2015, 05:25:53 pm
Where did I say that it has to work with a smart phone?
It just must be cheep :D
And of cause I would prefer a standalone.

but if it has to work with a smart phone it must work with android i don't have a Iphoen and i don't want one.

Is there a standalone one cheaper than the Seek Thermal or the FLiR one (here i would need to wait for the andoid version) of so that would be optimal.
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: all_repair on April 20, 2015, 08:46:16 am
It all depends on when you need it? and what is the purpose?  I presume your needs are like mine, not those high-budget with all the colorful features.  Standalone has its advantages, but if you need to document your capture, the SeekThermal though is not as pretty and as not high resolution is easier than E4.  And the SeekThermal portability also means you can have a thermocam always with you when you need it.  If you can wait, then the one after FLIR ONE shall be better, and the one after that one shall be even better :-)
Title: Re: What cheep thermal camera should I get?
Post by: Trax on April 20, 2015, 06:44:46 pm
My needs are something to play with
and to make nice images it should have a lepton sensor or better.
I can wait but I don't want to wait till next year.

How good/bad is the SeekThermal? It looks quite ok I guess.