Hi, I want to be able to film infrared thermal images at night, meaning I want to be able to film in darkness and see heat and cool objects, specifically heat, like a person or animal. do i have to buy an infrared thermal camera or can I get an adapter for my existing mini dv camera, i have been searching and have had no luck, where can i buy a camera or adapter that will do the trick that wont cost me 10 grand? I want to use this for night time filming of animals, specifically the emission of the body heat given off. Thanks for the help. also I have a panasonic dvx100a if that helps regarding any adapters i can use with my camera.

Quote:Hi, I want to be able to film infrared thermal images at night, meaning I want to be able to film in darkness and see heat and cool objects, specifically heat, like a person or animal. do i have to buy an infrared thermal camera or can I get an adapter for my existing mini dv camera, i have been searching and have had no luck, where can i buy a camera or adapter that will do the trick that wont cost me 10 grand? I want to use this for night time filming of animals, specifically the emission of the body heat given off. Thanks for the help. also I have a panasonic dvx100a if that helps regarding any adapters i can use with my camera.

If you want to see the "heat" from anything you must purchase an infrared (thermal imaging) camera. These usually run from 5k to 50k depending on what you need. Low light cameras (nightvision) do not see heat or thermal radiation. They use existing small amounts of illumination and amplify it in some way to see things in the dark.
In short for the leyman:

Infrared = heat measure
Nightvision = see in low light conditions