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Infrared camera phones X-ray the X-zone
By Ryann Connell
Staff Writer
October 8, 2004
Infrared filters for mobile cameras are being used to take "X-ray" photos that expose literally everything except the clothes a subject is wearing, according to Asahi Geino (10/14).
"Sony Corp. got into trouble a few years ago after one of its Handycams had a 'night shot' function that used an infrared lens to take photos that made people's clothes see-through. Now, there is a filter for mobile phone cameras that does the same thing," Tsubasa Hara, a writer specializing in the thriving business of concealed camera photography, tells Asahi Geino.
Hara notes the "night shot" function that got Sony into trouble was supposed to permit photos to be taken in the dark. But, as many darker types were quick to discover, under certain conditions it actually allowed right through clothing.
Sony quickly whipped its videocameras off the shelves, changed specifications and re-launched the brand without its unexpected and unintended "X-ray" function.
Now, however, an infrared filter that can be attached to a mobile phone is apparently capable of performing the same task.
"Normal clothes don't become see-through, but apparently there's a chance that dark-colored swimsuits won't even show up if they're photographed when wet. Of course, deliberately taking photos like this would be a violation of public nuisance ordinances," a writer on Japan's demi-monde tells Asahi Geino. "People into taking shots using concealed cameras wouldn't go out and deliberately use one of these filters to take their photos, so I think it's more likely that they'd only be used by people who want to take the occasional shot with a hidden camera."
Makers of the filter are shocked to hear that their products are being used for nefarious purposes.
"We only sold these cameras because we expected the night shot function would be used for taking pictures such as a child asleep in bed, or the fine details of a leaf," a spokesman for one of the companies making the "X-ray" cameras tells Asahi Geino. "It's disgusting that people would be using them to take sneaky shots."
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