{"id":27504,"date":"2017-04-09T16:29:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27504"},"modified":"2017-04-09T16:29:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T14:29:28","slug":"x27-ultra-low-light-night-vision-color-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/09\/x27-ultra-low-light-night-vision-color-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"X27 &#8211; ultra low light night vision color camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>As someone who works with technology for years now, I might sometimes appear as a &#8220;know all, seen all&#8221; kind of guy. \u00a0But that&#8217;s far from the truth. \u00a0Sure, there is plenty of technology I know or even slightly aware of. \u00a0But there is still a whole lot that blows my mind when I come across it.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/17\/04\/incredible-low-light-camera-turns-night-into-day\">this blog post<\/a>, I came across an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.x20.org\/color-night-vision\/\">X27<\/a> &#8211; ultra low light night vision color camera. \u00a0And my mind is blown. \u00a0This technology provides high definition, color video images in ultra low light conditions (no moon, overcast). \u00a0The level of detail this camera picks up is simply unbelievable. \u00a0Check out this video comparing X27 to some other night vision technologies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_0s06ORTkY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.x20.org\/color-night-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\">X27 camera<\/a> takes videos in darkness that looks like they were shot in the daytime. And they\u2019re in color\u2026none of this black and white, thermal, or infrared stuff. The camera was developed for military use, has an effective ISO rating of 5,000,000, and has a comically long name: \u201cX27 Reconnaissance Day\/Night high Fidelity true real time low light\/low lux color night vision Imaging Security \/ Multi Purpose camera system\u201d. Pricing information is not available, but I bet you\u2019re paying for every single one of those words. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">digg<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sure, military is probably the first and only sector that can afford this. \u00a0But as with anything, once the technology is available, it will make it&#8217;s way down to the rest of us, opening new doors in law enforcement, security, photography, movies and TV, entertainment, health and safety, environment and animal welfare, and other areas.<\/p>\n<p>Super cool stuff!<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>As someone who works with technology for years now, I might sometimes appear as a &#8220;know all, seen all&#8221; kind of guy. \u00a0But that&#8217;s far from the truth. \u00a0Sure, there is plenty of technology I know or even slightly aware of. \u00a0But there is still a whole lot that blows my mind when I come &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/09\/x27-ultra-low-light-night-vision-color-camera\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">X27 &#8211; ultra low light night vision color camera<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"X27 - ultra low light night vision color camera #photography #military #technology #video","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,30,62],"tags":[338,676,391,1908],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-27504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-photography","category-technology","tag-military","tag-safety","tag-video","tag-youtube-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17726,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/07\/ultra-ever-dry\/","url_meta":{"origin":27504,"position":0},"title":"Ultra-Ever Dry","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 7, 2013","format":"video","excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IPM8OR6W6WE","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/IPM8OR6W6WE\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24851,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/16\/open-source-photography-workflow\/","url_meta":{"origin":27504,"position":1},"title":"Open Source Photography Workflow","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Riley Brandt, the photographer, goes over his photography workflow, involving only Free and Open Source software. \u00a0Here are his picks: Image viewer: Geeqie Monitor calibration: dispcalGUI or Gnome Color Manager Download and rename photos: Rapid Photo Downloader Custom camera color profiles: ArgyllCMS Photo and metadata management: darktable RAW editor: darktable\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"darktable","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/darktable-500x255.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22440,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/28\/meteor-an-ultra-simple-database-everywhere-data-on-the-wire-pure-javascript-web-framework\/","url_meta":{"origin":27504,"position":2},"title":"Meteor &#8211; 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