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I don't think it's an actual thermal camera at all. In other words, I don't think it really detects infrared light. I think it just detects total visible light intensity, and displays that intensity the way an infrared camera would - with maximum intensity displayed as bright red, and minimum intensity displayed as deep blue. You can tell this is the case by taking it into a dark closet. It doesn't detect anything, including your own hands or face, because there's no visible light present. A real infrared camera would "see" your hand or your face in a dark closet. The Photobooth "thermal camera" does not, because it isn't really a thermal camera. Which is unsurprising. CCD's with real infrared detection are kind of expensive.

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