Flir dm284 imaging multimeter would it be worth the cash outlay

[r40pmd]

Hi all i got a email this morning from flir, show casing this super duper multi meter. i looked into some flir camaras a few years back, and with a price tag of a small deposit of a house in uk, look was all i could do. my question to all is has anyone got one of these and was it worth the cash outlay,i havent even looked at the price.yet becase i know its going to be, a shit load of money anything with this type of imaging allways is.i do know that it comes with some very good software programs for taking an image of say a 50" plasma with the back off you could take stock picture of a tv in perfect working order and it will put the tempriture of every hot spot in the picture like all chips on the control board would have its own tempriture in the picture then it could be uploaded to a forum like this one ware all could use the picture for refrance to help diagnose a tv of the same model for those who can afford the tech i was wanting to get any opinions of is this the best idea since sliced bread or is this going to be an expencive piece of kit that never gets used was hoping the USA has some feed back on it as if its brand new hear the the yanks must allready have had it a wileany feed back on it from anyone would be very help full as im a one man band and its going to be a big out lay which is ok if its going to cut my diagnose time in half but i have enough expencive toys that looked good in a advert HELP MY HEAD IS SAYING GOT HAVE GOTA HAVE ONEhttp://www.flir.co.uk/instruments/dm...-DM284-EMEA-UK

[rhomanski]

Re: Flir dm284 imaging multimeter would it be worth the cash outlay

I've worked with airborne flir before. The military kind. It used refrigerant to cool the detector. The turret was nicknamed R2D2 because it was huge and cylindrical. Tore a muscle in my back lifting one in the desert. Bugger was heavy. Don't think that's what your talking about though.

[capwizard]

Re: Flir dm284 imaging multimeter would it be worth the cash outlay

I got an email few days ago, they had sent me the cheap one.
http://flir.com/flirone/ios/?pi_ad_i...Mq8xoC7pnw_wcB
Instead of this
Filr DM284 - World's Best Thermal Imaging Multimeter with IGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n31ftOPllE

I would like to have this more professional look, all in one unit, Filr DM284 than iphone add on to troubleshooting high end equipment, it will paying for itself. My dream one: Fluke TiX580 Infrared Camera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNXbN9riP3A

Free Thermal Camera APP http://www.umnet.com/free-software/2...Camera_android


My homework:

How infrared imaging camera work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX0gIWU49iI

Emissivity is the measure of an object's ability to emit infrared energy. Emitted energy indicates the temperature of the object. Emissivity can have a value from 0 (shiny mirror) to 1.0 (blackbody). Most organic, painted, or oxidized surfaces have emissivity values close to 0.95.

Turn Your iPhone into a Thermal Imaging Camera! - CES 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EzjMKQyaE0

FLIR ONE Thermal Camera Unboxing and First Images
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOZOjSBO3wg

Flir One teardown part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHQr6F7757c

Thermographic camera
A major difference with optical cameras is that the focusing lenses cannot be made of glass, as glass blocks long-wave infrared light. Special materials such as Germanium or Sapphire crystals must be used. Germanium lenses are also quite fragile, so often have a hard coating to protect against accidental contact. The higher cost of these special lenses is one reason why thermographic cameras are more costly.

[r40pmd]

Re: Flir dm284 imaging multimeter would it be worth the cash outlay

thanks for that you have given me plenty to resurch ithink im sold on it but im going to look at all the links tanks agaiin

[Per Hansson]

Re: Flir dm284 imaging multimeter would it be worth the cash outlay

Fluke also has one, I think it's the same sensor used in your Flir DMM.
And also the same in the Flir One smartphone addon.

http://en-us.fluke.com/products/digi...ultimeter.html

I'm considering getting one myself but I think the Smartphone one might be a better option, seeing as there is quite fast development with these small sensors...