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A week ago, Stefano PMed me, with the title, "MWIR camera at 'affordable' price?" I admit, I was skeptical, but the skepticism turned to amazement as I read the eBay listing. For sale was an Agema 470 Pro, at "Buy It Now" of $650, or best offer. The camera was of the HgCdTe (or MCT) type, which means it has a single pixel and a high speed rotating mirror that directs light onto the sensor, which is cooled via Peltier effect to -80C or so. Effective resolution was 100x140 pixels. The sensitivity is 2-5 microns, going from the long end of SWIR into the mid-MWIR. From 5-8 microns, air is absorbing, so no cameras are available in that range currently (nor likely ever to be). Beyond 8 microns is the usual LWIR window where my other thermal cameras work. The seller had posted pictures of the camera operating, and a power supply was easily available, so I thought: why not? So I got the camera. The camera is extremely large and heavy. It is about 50cm (22 inches) long, and it weights 7kg (15.4lb). It has a monochrome viewfinder and a floppy drive (3.5") for storage. I do not have any floppy disks alas. It took a few days to acquire a power supply and a light source. I bought a "Deep Heat Projector" from Arcadia Reptile. Arcadia had this to say when I asked about the spectrum last year in reference to my TriWave: I didn't buy it last year (didn't get around to it) but with the MWIR camera it was too handy to resist: better SWIR light and one that worked for the short end of the MWIR. So I got that along with a socket for it. Today all the stuff arrived and I put it together. The camera makes a revving up noise like a jet engine: a slowly building whirrrrrrRRRRRR!R!R!R!R!!!!!! as that mirror goes faster and faster. The electronics turns on and a boot-up screen appears, showing the software dates to May 1, 1989. The camera originally came with a variety of lenses, so the lens on the front is detachable. The one it came with was a 20 deg FOV lens — in IR, camera lenses are described by field of view (FOV) rather than focal length. With the lens removed, there is another (concave) lens behind it, and according to the ancient manual, which is available still from FLIR's website since FLIR bought Agema eons ago, you can use it in macro mode if you leave the outer lens off. Showing how highlights on my hand vanish when the reptile light is removed from my hand: https://youtube.com/Kz6nH_u0Teo Showing teeth changing temperature as I breathe: https://youtube.com/0exOl11PJSk