i think Chryseus means the led's in the webcam im buying, which i agree, i do not think those will light up much.
I want to make a night vision hedset,(or apparatus) so im going to hack up the webcam, and use all the parts, well i might even just keep the camera and LED's whole and cut up the USB plug, to keep it simple.
The plan is to wire that to a camcorder view-finder, that i will be getting soon, and power the whole unit by battery for nightvision. sorry i wasnt clear, so any ideas? if i can scrounge up the $ for that many LED's i will, but in the meantime, im just scrapping them from TV remotes etc. and possibly buying a few from radioshack if they have IR LED's
"The IR cut filter on a web cam could be a problem because it may just be a coating over the lens. If I'm not mistaken it tends to give the glass a slightly pink hue. "
why will the IR ct filter be a problem? im not sure what it does. are you pointing out that it gives a slight pink hue just so i know if its there? because if thats it, i dont mind. but if it makes it so i cant see, thats a problem, so what exactly does it do?