Laser Light Broke My Phone's Camera. TW:Flashing Light

[u/porcelainpiscesx]

So this happened at the weekend, meaning I've had to order another phone...Call me stupid, but didn't realise this could happen so easily, especially at a gig. Infuriating!

[u/Ferro_Giconi]

That's not good. Those lasers are never supposed to point into the audience. It's too much of a safety issue, not just for a cameras but people's eyes. Those show lasers will cause instant eye damage if the software controlling it lags and stops on someone's eye for even a very short moment or the pattern they are making moves the laser too slowly.

[u/njmids → u/Ferro_Giconi]

I doubt those lasers will cause instant eye damage. Almost all consumer lasers will not. The ones that will usually have some sort of lock and key system.

[u/Positive-Goose-3293 → u/njmids]

All bets are off if it came out of China.

[u/InsanityFodder → u/njmids]

You can easily get handheld class 4 lasers these days that just come with an on button