1. A biometric iris scan camera system for a host device, comprising: a first illumination source disposed on a host device and configured to illuminate a person at a near infrared (NIR) wavelength during an image capture; a second illumination source disposed on the host device and configured to illuminate the person at a visible wavelength (VW); a biometric camera disposed on the host device, the biometric camera comprising: a first imaging sensor configured to convert an NIR image of the person into an electronic signal for generating a first video image of the person; a second imaging sensor configured to convert a VW image of the person into an electronic signal for generating a second video image of the person; a processor configured to select, based on an iris color of the user, one of the first illumination source and the second illumination source to illuminate the person during the image capture, to receive a corresponding video image of the person, and to determine an authentication status of the person based on the video image.