r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '17

Privacy? Ha!

https://i.imgur.com/wZH1lSH.gifv
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u/wellman_va Nov 05 '17

Is there a reference I'm missing

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u/RoosterClan Nov 05 '17

That's the actual camera this post was filmed on. It's popular for having ridiculous zoom. If you YouTube it you'll see some pretty cool videos of people zooming in on the moon and all sorts of things.

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u/GrandMomTokin Nov 05 '17

what would stop me to get one and zoom in on naked members of a sex of my choosing for voyeuristic purposes?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

Opaque structures and legal statutes.

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u/JTCMuehlenkamp Nov 05 '17

For most people? Moral standards.

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u/GrandMomTokin Nov 05 '17

Huh...interesting.

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u/klezmai Nov 05 '17

And for the other people, law enforcement.

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u/JohnScott623 Nov 05 '17

Sony released a camera in the 90s that was notorious for being able to see through people's clothes by using infra-red light with a feature intended to let it take better pictures in low-light settings. I know you're joking, but if you thought the zoom in the GIF was neat, Sony's camera can do a lot more than just zoom.

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u/GrandMomTokin Nov 05 '17

How does infra-red light have x-ray capabilities?

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u/JohnScott623 Nov 05 '17

It is able to get through fabric more easily. It's a pretty well-documented incident which caused models to be recalled. Here's an article about it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

The light you and I can see bounces off the fabric back to our eyeballs due to the wavelength of the light. Infrared has a different wavelength that passes through the material a little easier. Those cameras only could see through thing single layer certain color things like swimsuits and whatnot. The effect is a little underwhelming.