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Why cameras arent damaged when recording someone welding but your eyes get damaged instantly?
Why are human eyes so easily susceptible to damage from looking at welding but even cheap cell phone camera is completely unharmed and has no problems at all?
is it because of the difference between our eyes being organic fragile material and cameras are hard metal silicone and other tougher components?
5 Answers
- Anonymous1 week ago
There is no living flesh (a retina) in a camera.
Is there??
- DixonLv 72 weeks ago
Assuming you are talking about digital cameras, well they are damaged by extremely bright light. But they are more robust than eyes. My guess is that the camera sensors are able to conduct heat away more easily than the retina.
- Robert JLv 72 weeks ago
The surface of your eye can be "sunburned" by the UV light in the welding arc.
That's what is commonly called "Arc eye" - it feels like your eyes are full of sand.
And the retina can be damaged if the arc heat is focussed on one area for too long, like with looking directly at the sun for too long.
Glass does not sunburn - but camera sensors can be damaged by an arc image in a fixed position, if the camera does not have a mechanical iris or shutter to attenuate the light.
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