# How do I begin with Adding Night Vision

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**Category:** OpenMV Boards\
**Created:** [July 16, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828 "2020-07-16T18:33:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![chiques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chiques](https://forums.openmv.io/u/chiques)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828/1 "2020-07-16T18:33:55Z")

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I’m a bit lost on ‘how’ to add/enable the night vision feature.

Are there any tutorials or documents which describes what I need to ‘do’ or purchase?

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**Author:** ![kwagyeman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.openmv.io/kwagyeman/32/4_2.png) [@kwagyeman](https://forums.openmv.io/u/kwagyeman)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828/2 "2020-07-16T18:51:13Z")

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We have the ability to see IR light with the camera. So, if you remove the IR filter on the lens or buy the IR Filter less lens you can see IR light which allows you to see in the dark.

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**Author:** ![chiques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chiques](https://forums.openmv.io/u/chiques)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828/3 "2020-07-16T19:00:59Z")

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> We have the ability to see IR light with the camera. So, if you remove the IR filter on the lens or buy the IR Filter less lens you can see IR light which allows you to see in the dark.

Awesome!

Are there any examples you recommend that I can use to get this going?

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**Author:** ![kwagyeman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.openmv.io/kwagyeman/32/4_2.png) [@kwagyeman](https://forums.openmv.io/u/kwagyeman)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828/4 "2020-07-16T19:33:16Z")

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What are you trying to do?

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**Author:** ![chiques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chiques](https://forums.openmv.io/u/chiques)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828/5 "2020-07-17T00:04:47Z")

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> What are you trying to do?

I want to illuminate an area at night with an infrared light and be able to monitor objects that come across the camera.

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**Author:** ![kwagyeman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.openmv.io/kwagyeman/32/4_2.png) [@kwagyeman](https://forums.openmv.io/u/kwagyeman)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828/6 "2020-07-17T00:36:26Z")

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Yeah, then just install the lights and then remove the IR filter on the camera lens and you should be able to see in the dark then.

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**Author:** ![chiques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chiques](https://forums.openmv.io/u/chiques)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.openmv.io/t/how-do-i-begin-with-adding-night-vision/1828/7 "2020-07-17T17:38:42Z")

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Great, thank you!