• corroded@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Not really. While I don’t have the exact numbers, the output of an infrared LED is no higher (usually) than an LED in the visible range. My security cameras have an array of 10 or so LEDs.

    So looking at a security camera would be roughly equivalent to staring at a light bulb.

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      5 hours ago

      Also infrared cameras are pretty sensitive, so the lights often aren’t that bright.

      And the contact lens definitely won’t make infrared light as bright as visibly light. It also likely doesn’t line up exactly with the wavelength used by most cameras.

      It would probably be noticeable but not appear very bright.