Hi everyone here, I'm Wolfgang from Munich, Germany. On a recent trip to Papua to photograph birds of paradise and other exotic wildlife, one of the birding guides used a green laser pointer to show me where in the bush or up in a tree he saw "the" bird. Very useful! Without the pointer, I wouldn't have seen several of the birds. The green point was well visible despite bright tropical sunshine up to distances of maybe 50 or even 100 meters (estimated).
Unfortunately he did not speak English well, so he did not understand my question which output power his laser pointer has. From reading here in the forum, I got the impression that 100 to 200 mW should be needed in this scenario.
Can someone on here please confirm this, or correct the number?
I would like to have such a laser pointer, but as far as I know, German legislation allows laser pointers only up to 0.5 mW.
Is anyone here aware of any exception? I don't want to break the law.
Unfortunately he did not speak English well, so he did not understand my question which output power his laser pointer has. From reading here in the forum, I got the impression that 100 to 200 mW should be needed in this scenario.
Can someone on here please confirm this, or correct the number?
I would like to have such a laser pointer, but as far as I know, German legislation allows laser pointers only up to 0.5 mW.
Is anyone here aware of any exception? I don't want to break the law.