TEWNCfarms
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This image helps to illustrate the problem:
The faces on this cube are all the same temperature, but the differing emissivity and reflectivity of the surfaces make each one appear different to an IR camera. You can even see the reflection of the hand on a couple of the faces. Only the black surface has an accurate reading at this setting (E=1.00), which is the same setting they used in the Ikeda video. In other words, the cameras are set up for an incorrect reading on metal.
(Photographs of an aluminum Leslie's cube. The color photographs are taken using an infrared camera; the black and white photographs underneath are taken with an ordinary camera. All faces of the cube are at the same temperature of about 55 °C (131 °F). The face of the cube that has been painted black has a large emissivity, which is indicated by the reddish color in the infrared photograph. The polished face of the cube has a low emissivity indicated by the blue color, and the reflected image of the warm hand is clear.)
Haha and then you have to come in with Facts and Science and Explanations and boggle my mind with all this fancy talk! Seriously though you really opened my eyes on what the video was showing and about IR tech. Every time I read something from you its pretty intense, always a wealth of knowledge I had no idea about