Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #746049 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-31
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 116 pages

Customer Reviews

The Physics Are Wrong
I did enjoy the book and Vince's writing style. However, his explainations of how the various devices work were frequently wrong.

For instance, he says that IR thermometers emit an IR beam that is reflected by an object and then measured. That's not right. IR thermometers don't emit an IR beam. The source of the IR radiation is the object being measured. All objects that have a temperature above absolute zero emit IR radiation. This is sometimes referred to as "black body" radiation.

To most people this doesn't matter. However, the author goes on to say that the IR beam emitted from the thermometer is quite strong and might upset any ghosts. Since IR thermometers don't emit an IR beam, that statement is unsupported.

The explainations for digital thermometers and digital cameras are better, but still flawed. Even with all these physics errors, I think his conclusions about the various devices are generally correct.

So, if you just want a general idea of what equipment is recommended for ghost hunting, this book will provide that information. However, look elsewhere if you want to really understand how the equipment works so that you can make your own judgements on the limitations of each device.

A good source for the tech side of ghosthunting
I found Ghost Tech to be informative and educational. I'm not sure about all his views but the author gives fairly detailed explanations for his methodology. His interspersed humor adds nicely to the read although can be a bit overdone at moments. My single biggest criticism is the lack of editing done with this book. Typos and mispellings occur throughout, although not as severely as a Troy Taylor book. White Chapel Press needs to hire an editor.

Very Interesting and Useful
I ordered this book for my daughter. Neither of us is a "ghost hunter" but we were planning a trip to a haunted location and, mainly, we just wanted to know how to avoid errors when taking photos and video. As I was thumbing through it, I immediately became interested and read the entire book. I really like Mr. Wilson's writing style. It's down-to-earth and humorous. I like his logic and wry wit. I've even ordered his second book, "Ghost Science", simply because I enjoyed this book so much, not because I ever intend to hunt ghosts. I loved the "Ghostbuster" section. I thought it was facetiously hilarious - but I'm a "Ghostbuster" fan. The spelling and grammatical errors do get annoying at times, but I've noticed that in all the Whitechapel Press books that I've read. Ignoring that, they're all great books. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the technological aspects of ghost hunting. This is definitely not a boring technological manual. We found that the information was good and it was easy to understand and helpful.