It's a bit of a silly question, but I'm curious as to what the answer is.
If you point a powerful laser, say 100mw, into the eye of a human it will result in the eye suffering severe damage.
However, what if you point the laser directly into a camera, tape it, and show that tape to a human?
Will it still damage the eye, even if only slightly?
Whatever the answer is please explain the logic behind it!
It's a bit of a silly question, but I'm curious as to what the answer is.
If you point a powerful laser, say 100mw, into the eye of a human it will result in the eye suffering severe damage.
However, what if you point the laser directly into a camera, tape it, and show that tape to a human?
Will it still damage the eye, even if only slightly?
It's the power of the laser in a small area which does the damage, there's no power from the TV screen - so it's in no way an accurate rendition of the laser. It would also probably kill a spot in the camera, just as it would your eye!.
A laser pointer, a couple of milliwatts, will instantly burn a spot on one of the old vidicon tube cameras. I don't have a laser big enough to damage a solid state camera.
It's a bit of a silly question, but I'm curious as to what the answer is.
If you point a powerful laser, say 100mw, into the eye of a human it will result in the eye suffering severe damage.
However, what if you point the laser directly into a camera, tape it, and show that tape to a human?
Will it still damage the eye, even if only slightly?
Whatever the answer is please explain the logic behind it!