Why/how does pointing a laser damage a camera? Is it fixable?

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Why/how does pointing a laser damage a camera? Is it fixable?

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pointing a laser at a camera doesn’t damage it. pointing a laser at a camera’s sensor does.

think of the sensor as kind of like your retina. get hit with a bright enough light, you get blinded.

now lasers are typically very strong and focused light sources. hit the sensor and you’ll quite literally burn it, blinding the camera.