As discussed in our prior post on the subject, CCD / CMOS cameras are sensitive to radiation. The two videos below will give you some idea of that sensitivity. The videos were created by a group that has created a Smart Phone application that uses the phone's camera as a radiation detector.
If you are interested in the "Radioactivity Counter Rolf-Dieter Klein" application, it costs $4.99 and you can find it here. The POTRBLOG team has not tried the APP, nor are we in any way affiliated with it; but it does look interesting. The video below shows the level of effort required to calibrate the APP on your phone.
Just a quick FYI regarding these flares.
ReplyDeleteSure the older SW facing tepco cam has probably had nalgene since day one as there was always a similar blur line higher up at crane boom height (I investigated this on abovetopsecret.com fukushima megathread).
The flare you show in that photo looks exactly like a CCD flare. CCD is different to CMOS however they both see only infrared light, using different methods to convert to colour.