How to See in The Dark!

See in complete darkness AND record it all when I show you how to hack a camcorder and build this stealthy nightvision headset! LINK for the camera and Infared LED's: www.kipkay.com/parts
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[@JohnCoffins]

YOU SHOULD DO MORE OF THESE! I remember, I had a Webcam when I was young and I didn't know how to make it do anything - like record or anything. I just plugged it into my computer and it didn't do anything. so I sent you an email or a comment on KZbin and you told me how to make it work. You're the man KipKay and you're a real KZbin O.G.

[@The68Fox]

This is such an awesome story

[@ScarletGensokyo11961]

That’s legendary

[@Mach1derful]

wow, your videos make me feel like a kid in science class or when I used to watch Bill Nye the science guy, your projects are just awesome! You got me wanting to take apart all kinds of things and experiment. Thanx

[@kipkay]

Correct!

[@ProXicT]

Ok, this video is 6 years old and it's much better than the videos you are making today! What's wrong with you?

[@namewithoutdigits]

😳

[@shotgun3628]

HOLY CRAP DOES NO ONE KNOW HOW AN IR LIGHT WORKS

[@euvo_sound]

Well they light up invisibly on a similar forward voltage of a white led.Although we cant see its light.We can only see it using a smartphone.

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

Very cool! Any way to make something like this if you don't own an old - or any video camera, Kip? Seem you save a LOT on this project over buying night vision equipment. Well done!

[@Davidautofull]

probably get that video camera in the garbage at a pawn shop.

[@JSuparman]

Great Video, Kipkay! Thanks. I like the way you did speaking the narration, so clear and compact. You undrestand well the KISS principle (Keep It Short and Simple) in speech..

[@rafdavfl]

That has to be up there in the "Top 100 Kipkay UpLoads !" Well thought out and, do the connections.

[@TechRepairGuys]

You cannot see the infrared lights. Yes a camera picks it up but a person would not be able to see the LED's whatsoever, no matter how close you are. THATS what makes this cool, it's a night vision view finder. Have your flashlights and lamps, I'd take one of those any day.

[@PezDJ]

+kipkay can't you like make a new version of this with a low lux camera and high power IR leds ( like cree diodes with heatsinks etc ) and some small tft or oled screen with a driver board. Also with a parts list where to buy all the stuff! Would be awesome to have and make as for us diy'ers out there! I would 3d print a realistic housing and then use it for airsoft play in milsims, would be really neat because real ones ( not the toy ones ) costs alot of money :(...

[@anthonyestep9393]

nice hack...works perfectly ....was kinda wondering if u could upgrade the ir leds for 2 or 1 ir laser module set to have a super wide beam?

[@dougman066]

I think thats one of the coolest projects you've done.

[@linus48595]

How to see in the dark... Get a lamp

[@jessm5558]

Haha

[@amyrose4643]

+JEXER CLAN lol!

[@CalebRoppe]

+JEXER CLAN lol

[@SuperLucacio]

+Firosniper no get a infra x-ray flashlight

[@Arilong]

Well, no. Then you make it light and its no longer dark.+Firosniper has a better idea.

[@brennaneaton4734]

this guy would be great for modern marvels or how its made.

[@gkruntz]

This is gonna be great for my oncoming project for a video recorder for my balcony. :)

[@TacticalTrumpet]

Very well done, I might attempt this!

[@tastytoesies7353]

How to see in the dark Eat carrots! oh...um

[@junhe3063]

+Flopsy The Dog just stick them in your eye sockets :)

[@nylahkitty6798]

+junhe jeong u lied to me

[@raymondbroussard3527]

+Nylah Kitty you're adopted

[@Studio_234]

Get an infrared led flashlight and tape it to your phone. Tape that to your head. = night vision goggles

[@cleetus1715]

+Magician Transformed your phone dont have infrared filter build in its camera

[@19brokenlonesome19]

how did you know all this things man..!! you're crazy genius..!! some people will sell their creations..but you,you're so cool to share this info to us..thanks man..you're a big help to college students like me.. HOORAAYYY.!!! for KIPKAY..!!!

[@whattodo3116]

your garage is amazing !

[@chriscantway744]

I just bought a fleshlight pleases me and I can see in the dark lol

[@TaigaTF]

I just use a flashlight

[@lollipopyummy1389]

Nate E u didn't get the point...

[@thuggceemurdaa]

Noob

[@AnthonyQueen]

Great idea. Looks like fun.

[@dragonstarstudio2009]

Man! I gotta try this when I go ghost hunting again. This device could come useful.

[@skunkguy9584]

This sounds like a camera ad

[@n.jurenic]

instructions not clear. got my foot stuck in fridge...

[@duuuuuuuuhhhh7873]

well, first, perhaps go see a therapist... just saying...

[@TheMetaface]

+NightowlOP Uhhh... instructions not clear enough, broke head open on banana.

[@philippebrevard1164]

so...you could mount the view finder on an articulated arm on an helmet, have an ir Flashlight of some kind on the helmet also OR a powerful IR ledbar on a vehicule, some power on the helmet and you'd have a monocle IR vision?Kinda like Universal soldier setup?

[@ShanghaiForever]

OK, that actually is cool... Nicely done!

[@boringgrass]

i wished i had taken electronic classes

[@joclark8859]

You could just get a torch or flashlight

[@mertalrooth01]

Infrared look it up. Or if you truly do know what it means and does, then the point of this project is to be able to see things in the dark with everyone and god knowing. AKA the lights he use IRL will not show up to peoples regular eye, only the people looking through the Camcorder. Ps: Give a fudge about Grammar and punctuation because if one can correct me they clearly got the point.

[@iSquishy89]

Can you make an updated version which instead of using an external camera, you use a shoe mount to mount it onto a regular video camera?

[@ioanassenov4837]

I can't make any of these stuff but it's fun watching!

[@kaivabrahmane20]

I know a more easier way to see in the dark! Just turn the lights on! xD

[@coosbin3570]

***** good point my friend :) I thought of it as a sense of humor

[@kaivabrahmane20]

Corbin Jeffries ....

[@kaivabrahmane20]

Corbin Jeffries .........................

[@kaivabrahmane20]

***** Just eat some beans... xD

[@coosbin3570]

Kaiva Brahmane what was that awkward silence for, are you going to kill me !?!!?

[@voxlvalyx]

The only problems with this is anybody else with a camera can see the gigantic beam of light coming out of your face.

[@Marvel2328]

+Ailuri Catbear It's infrared. In case you don't know, that's outside the visible spectrum, meaning human eyes cannot see it, leaving the room pitch black. The camera however, can pick it up.

[@voxlvalyx]

Marvel2328 that's what I was getting at. Just your average digital cameras (at least all the ones I've seen) can pick up IR without any extra sensors, so if a person turned on a camera, they'd see the IR beam. That being said, it'd be weird for somebody to turn on a camera at night, so it's not a huge deal.

[@RAFAELINKHAMEHAMEHA]

+Ailuri Catbear It's infrared the other camera can see it ,because have nigth vision too.But to the human eye is invisible

[@samuelsujuno375]

newer cameras have IR blocking filters in them. to remove that, they have to open the camera up

[@marcstylzzz]

I was thinking you could've made it more compact by putting the LEDS around the lens. Would that work in terms of quality?

[@AsaultUnit14]

Can you use two view finders or that part you look through and get the picture through both in order to use both eyes? That way you're depth perception is better.

[@Datuksri007]

So many LEDs almost works like a light bulb.

[@jokiiiiiiii]

those are infrared leds, and naked eye can't see infrared...

[@Datuksri007]

eye see...

[@duuuuuuuuhhhh7873]

Grass Horper hah eye C what u did their

[@zunvs]

How to see in the dark! buy or use a flashlight or lantern

[@zunvs]

Who is they

[@mikekoz6351]

DrPopCake This lets you see in the dark, yet its still dark in the room meaning its still pitch black and only you can see. Big difference from using a flashlight.

[@zunvs]

Mike koz ohhhh

[@the1greko]

woow man, great! This one I wish to do!! But I dont have neither the tools, knowledge or materials...but I will keep this because sooner or later I get a nerdy friend and this is something to do with a buddy!!

[@UthersonL]

@Shadowxxxdemon822 Not really. The trick is we don't see infrared light but cameras do (it pretty much shows as grey), so we use infrared LED's to light the scene in a way invisible to us.

[@khaleddomlog9371]

Who's here in 2017

[@poopsweats5043]

2022

[@psevdonim932]

@@poopsweats5043 2024 (lol)

[@SysKeyJS]

I cant believe this was made just over 5 months before I was born

[@renee.1402]

I just realized that i have watched almost every video by kipkay but never tried to

[@tubeinfoful]

THANKS FOR THE TUTORIAL

[@99deadliestwarrior]

now i aint afraid of the dark anymore, thanks Kipkay. now my fear of the dark is over.

[@BlitzNeko]

this is what your viewers want Kip.... real cool project that require more then a pair of scissors and a bottle of Brisk Tea...

[@bubbiepoo05]

awesome spy stuff

[@Vitocz1]

Thx kipkay i build too but with 16 indared LEDs for airsoft its very good and thx for help :)

[@russellisaninja]

I have a question, how far can you see with this? i kinda want to take what you have and take it a step further, but i need to know what it would do outdoors and also if you could, instead of use the old camcorder picture-tube viewfinder, you could use an lcd screen or something similar.

[@TheError404]

I finally made this thing, of course with different parts but it still works very well :-) I love to scare my friends in total darkness xD

[@Achilles3456]

@Banzaipi he made 2 series sets of 6, then wired the sets paralell. Look it up online if you're not sure. The series wiring makes the power draw less, but each LED gets dimmer as u go along the set. If he had 12 LED's in series, the last few would have a weak light, if any at all.

[@Dionisis1313]

Nice project box

[@travisspahn]

the link you have for the low light camera says "currently unavailable" which is kinda of frustrating, was wondering since cameras are not my field what others i can use.

[@stefanhyltoft]

You actually look pretty cool using that VHS camcorder

[@officialninjachannel]

i have a question. i have the viewfinder and have a UV flashlight, so i was wondering if you could supply a video showing how to rig up a viewfinder with only the camera. i don't need a phono-jack or LEDs, i am just new to schematics and on a low budget. please help, Mr. Kipkay!

[@xgeneralzimx]

I'm gonna try to put this into a replica PVS-14 for when I play my airsoft night games :D

[@mantuve1]

Amazing flash light you can see in the darkness night

[@chrisjackson8427]

It would be cool to make 2 into a diy set of night vision goggles

[@johneygd]

It would be cool to have such bright ir leds connected in paralell sothat you can see over 10 meters of distance to have more vision. And eventrough those recordings are B&W,but algorithmia can colorize B&W video (!) I can't wait till both technology's get's combined together sothat we will have colornightvision.

[@jpringle123]

he looks through an eyepeice to see an image lit up by the lights he put on. sick one!

[@Mrvideosandgames]

Yay! The old KipKay is back! Oh wait, it's just a video from 2008... ):

[@jdog4ever2]

@loopyloo413 you wont be given away unless someone else has an ifared camera but true infared is thermal cameras and true nightvision uses visible light and amplifies it

[@josephschmidt8479]

Thought of that too... sadly he said the goggles only saw a small amount of the Infrared spectrum, and that it wouldn't work with the IR LED's. But if you do try it tell me how it goes :D

[@rickseifert5139]

I've a Nightforce 140 mm spotlight on a special mount for the scope of my hunting rifle for night shooting of feral animals. Add a IR lens cover and a small IR camera to back of scope. I've added a very small cheap lightweight TV screen on side mount to look at. Shows up rabbits, feral cats, feral dogs with clarity out to 400 m.

[@Davidautofull]

400 meters? got a vid of that ? that would be great. do you know any sieferts in SC?

[@rickseifert5139]

Davidautofull, unfortunately no video of the set-up are available, or visit of my hunting either here in the western Australia outback in the Goldfields regions. A local member of the gun club here in my town took a severe dislike to my set-up, consequently lashed out with a long bipod, smashing the scope and IR gear attached to the rear of the scope. He was arrested on the spot on the rifle range by 2 of the range officers who are also local policeman. He's been charged and put away for 2 years for dangerous conduct and a host of other items found at his place of residence that aren't legal, ie drugs, silencers for one handgun and one rifle ( silencers - sound moderators are illegal here in Australia) . The replacement cost of scope, spotlight with IR cover, and scope mountable video camera ( one that's suitable to handle the recoil of a Weatherby 300 Magnum), cost is around $5600 total. The scope, mounts and camera being the most expensive. The prick who broke/ smashed the gear doesn't have any money either. Once I've replaced the gear put of my own pocket I'll gladly put up some videos of day hunting and night hunting using IR gear with night vision goggles and the new camera equipment. I've tried using mobile phone adaptor brackets behind scope but the recoil cracked the camera in the phone and also snaps the adapter kit.

[@rickseifert5139]

Davidautofull, in regards to my knowledge of any Seifert's in the USA, no I don't know any of them at all only a handful of them in Germany - far distant family and then some.

[@Prayimario]

Now to put that on your spy sunglasses.

[@Ossaputs]

You looked SO COOL filming little kids at day light... BUT NOOWWWWW :O !!! YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE DARK !!!

[@sunnyvoid7206]

I wish we could get an updated version of this with like a VR BOX, and some updated camera system

[@adambus77]

is there any chance to use the CCD from the camcorder?

[@UncleSam493]

if i just put ir filters in front of my eyes then took IR leds and shined them in a room at night time would i be able to see anything through the filter? or does it have to go through the camera?

[@e.s.oteric5068]

Just a heads up, this only works with a black and white camera as the color ones have a IR filter.

[@BIRIKCHANNEL]

finaly, someone agrees with me that big cameras look cool

[@kapilesh14]

Kipkay can you build a thermal imaging camera for night vision ?

[@big6pun07]

@kipkay how is that night vision? couldnt you acheive the same thing by not destroying the camera and using a led flashlight???

[@SoaringLettuce]

@wingednuted that must be what sam fisher (splinter cell) uses, and just because were the ones playing we get to see the light

[@pesoen]

what size project box did you use? i want to buy the right size but have no shop to stand in and look at them.. i can only buy them online..

[@FrankLopezx]

@kipkay you have any hacks for mobile cameras ? im a cellphone technician and throughout my history before trashing phones i take what i think i may use and here i got a pile of motors, speakers, cameras and batteries from old phones "even new phones one" any way to solder and use their abilities for any type of project or even Arduino projects ?

[@KatnaHG27]

Oh crap i have watched like a bunch of his videos and now i JUST remembered i have a crap load of math homework.......

[@empteenet]

I clicked on the parts link, but I don't see the camera listed. Could you please tell us the brand you used and if it's holding up? Thank you!

[@RogueWolf96]

Actually most IR LEDs you will see a red or sometimes purplish blue glow to them. There are some IR light sources out there that are undetectable but expensive.

[@zdogg462]

nice! You should make a thermal camera.

[@ryanbrandt5154]

Kipkay is awesome.

[@EddieB1]

@kipkay Great videos and all but can u make videos with stuff tht we teens,children can get at home or not a electronics store

[@vijaymsn]

so difficult but very great

[@MatthewBakke]

@Kipkay If you simply attach the same amount of infrared LED's to one of the new Sony Handycams with Nightshot you'll wind up with a much better picture.

[@hollowmessenger1201]

This would of been my 7 birthday if i saw it when it was first uploaded

[@OfficialRID]

would this also work if you would just use the vhs camcorder's camera with out the UV filter ?

[@MrLolztome1]

@kipkay Plz make a thermal vision camera hack! :)

[@janeboone4155]

Nice job

[@rontarumain]

the first thing i thought of when i saw the title was "with light"

[@kurm77]

Night vision goggles collect tiny amounts of normal light and infrared light to present them for your eyes. Kipkay made it differently. He uses infrared LED's to light up the room and then camera " thingy " gathers it up. So technically you need infrared light to gain night vision.

[@vinniethedrifter]

u can see kipkay with a lol and cool face

[@0hdeee]

@kipkay could you add something in front of the leds so people wont see you?

[@TheBeatlesBaconator]

@alexakapimpshoes I know, but he is using led's, do you see, hes brightening the subject with new light, iluminators take the light it already has, and brightens it

[@UrbanJokerz23]

He must have the most robotic house, full of all this tech!

[@strikeryuz]

HEY, Gyver, U're ALIVE!?!?!!! wohoo!

[@shawnwoolsey117]

@Dezerado they are infrared lights..... so you cant see them

[@TypOPositiv]

Kipkay, That's pretty amazing! I realize that sometimes, it's better to know the science, rather than the technology. I can imagine you being McGyver of the tech world!

[@abuibraham005]

Awesome bro

[@steve64464]

I wasted so much time/money on trying to make this trying to aquire a viewfinder that worked and magically guess wires which are not colored, In the end i gave up and created something far better using a Raspberry pi.

[@jdog4ever2]

@556Chan the human eye can see ir light but not as good as cameras thats how you see in the dark when its like pitch black its a mixture of ir light and faint visible light it dosen't work with all tv remotes in my house but it does with one of them for my vizio tv and anyway i can can barely see it, it's like looking at a flashlight with really low batteries it's not impossible just google it