On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Lawrence Lile wrote: > What kind of infrared performance do they have? Most of these CCD > cameras can see a ways into infrared, I've got a night vision app > that might work real well. Probably lousy. 1 lux is not exactly top class nowadays. You also need a better lens than standard. > I'd like to shove this signal into a standard US VCR but know nothing > about formats for these signals. What is EIA and CCIR? EIA is what you want for NTSC (even B/W). CCIR covers PAL and SECAM (also including B/W). The key for you is '1 V standard video output'. This is what a VCR will take at its standard input. Peter