WiLife IR-50 Illuminator Kit

by WiLife

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 3.8 x 3.2 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UOBFBO
• Item model number: IR-50
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 19, 2005

Product Description

Upgrade your Indoor Camera to see in low-light areas or complete darkness. The NightVision 50 kit consists of an Illuminator that can be used with the Indoor Camera to capture quality video in low-light areas or complete darkness inside or outside your home or small business. The Illuminator does not attract attention because its illumination is invisible to the human eye. The kit comes with an easy-to-replace night vision (IR) lens. The illuminator can be mounted inside or outside, but it works with the camera that is mounted inside. For the Indoor Camera only.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent illumination, September 20, 2007

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Tech Guy (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WiLife IR-50 Illuminator Kit (Personal Computers)

I have a couple of WiLife cameras and they are excellent and very reliable. I bought this IR illuminator for one of the cameras and it works great. It can illuminate fine from inside my glass window to the area where my cars are parked outside which is about 20-30 feet away. Note that the IR pass lens that comes with it and replaces the original lens in the WiLife camera will make things outside look more like black and white or greyish due to massive amount of IR light in sunlight. In the dark, it looks black and white as well. So for a camera facing outside, you basically lose the colors when using IR option. Since the lens assembly is mechanical in the camera, there is no option to turn on/off IR filtering based on the regular day light. Also keep in mind that the IR pass lens that comes with this kit is a little hard to put in the camera. You take out the original lens by unscrewing and put this lens in by screwing. But remember to not apply too much pressure or you will damage the threads. It took me about 15 minutes and seven tries to sit the lens properly in the camera before screwing it in. The instruction sheet recommends rotating it in the reverse direction so that it sits properly in the threads before screwing it in.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Far, Excellent, June 12, 2008

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Dobermom (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WiLife IR-50 Illuminator Kit (Personal Computers)

I had purchased the Wilife indoor camera several months ago. I decided to add the illuminator to for the night vision capacity. I had read the other reviews and the instructions, so I knew to set the lens before screwing it in. It was very easy.

So far, I've had no problems with it and would recommend it to any Wilife user who wishes to capture video at night with no lights.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Suitable Illumination for Night Vision, May 27, 2009

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Jerry Palmerino Jr (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WiLife IR-50 Illuminator Kit (Personal Computers)

I ordered this and the Indoor System. Setup was quick and easy. I just followed the directions for both the Master System and the Illuminator. After the quick interchange of lenses required by the this kit, I was up and running recording video at night. The night vision is ok, but not extremely powerful. I suggest you install additional lighting outside, such as a porch light or motion-detected flood light. I have both of these additional light sources and only get ok results outside at night. That said, the quality is good enough if needed as evidence of vandalism in my opinion.