Will an infrared illuminator improve your view when using an infrared camera?Updated a year ago

Usually, no it won’t. An infrared camera detects the infrared light being emitted from other objects and if you shine more infrared light on those objects usually that results in the contrast between them being blurred. We don’t include infrared illuminators with our cameras because it does not improve the image quality.

Here is a collection of infrared cameras that Teslong.com sells.