Going Thermal

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Re: Going Thermal

Post by meek » 22 Sep 2015, 10:44 am

Able to do a photo through the scope?
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by brett1868 » 22 Sep 2015, 2:28 pm

meek wrote:Able to do a photo through the scope?


The scope itself has no photo or recording capability but does have a cable providing video out (PAL or NTSC) and power in. It's easy enough to take a snapshot of the video when reviewing in most editing programs. I getting impatient about getting some footage of actual wildlife with this scope, might have to visit the wildlife park with it :)
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Die Judicii » 22 Sep 2015, 6:48 pm

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meek wrote:Able to do a photo through the scope?


The scope itself has no photo or recording capability but does have a cable providing video out (PAL or NTSC) and power in. It's easy enough to take a snapshot of the video when reviewing in most editing programs. I getting impatient about getting some footage of actual wildlife with this scope, might have to visit the wildlife park with it :)


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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Herdsman » 29 Sep 2015, 8:49 am

brett1868 wrote:If there was a rabbit next to a dog then you'll pick them up and be able to perfectly identify which is which.


Because of the heat signature you mean or because you can just see the size difference?
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by YoungBuck » 30 Sep 2015, 6:05 pm

That is one impressive piece of kit. Thoroughly impressed, especially with the heat trail from the footprints.
Have to admit though my jaw dropped a little when I caught sight of the price on the website... maybe one day.
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Post by lole » 05 Oct 2015, 10:00 am

Die Judicii wrote:PATIENCE is a virtue,,,,, :lol: :lol: :lol:


I was going to say patience is a myth :lol:
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Title_II » 25 Oct 2015, 6:57 am

Hey :(

What happened?

I think he should pass on the scope to somebody that will use it and post video!!! :D

Complains about waiting a damn year and now he's going to wait a damn year on his own...
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by sandgroperbill » 25 Oct 2015, 6:06 pm

I was recently very VERY tempted to purchase an atn x-sight. Not thermal but looks the goods. I'm still quite tempted, but probably couldn't justify it with the amount i'm able to get out and shoot atm
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Title_II » 25 Oct 2015, 9:48 pm

I have an ATN Gen II scope from the 1990s with a fat 25mm tube (39% more resolution for same line pair resolution rating). It looks like it was made in Spotsylvania but it works great :D My top goggle is late US contract thin-film Gen III.
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Deco » 26 Oct 2015, 9:21 am

Spotsylvania :lol:
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Title_II » 26 Oct 2015, 9:38 am

It's got spots all over the phosphor screen but it works great for a 1990s scope :D
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Rakk » 26 Oct 2015, 2:42 pm

Does the noise hurt the definition of your target at all or is that always clearly defined regardless?
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Title_II » 26 Oct 2015, 10:48 pm

Rakk wrote:Does the noise hurt the definition of your target at all or is that always clearly defined regardless?


Not sure if asking me. The Signal to Noise ratio of my scope seems good. Image is clear.at fairly dark light levels. If you mean the spots, they are manufacturing artifacts. Just black spots on the screen. Most NV has some noticeable spot(s), usually very few and quite small. There are mil specs for size, number, and location of acceptable spots. The tube of my scope just happens to be riddled with them. Probably shouldn't have left the factory. If I bought it new I would have been pissed, but I paid like $600 for it and it works great.
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by brett1868 » 26 Oct 2015, 11:22 pm

Title_II wrote:Hey :(

What happened?

I think he should pass on the scope to somebody that will use it and post video!!! :D

Complains about waiting a damn year and now he's going to wait a damn year on his own...


Last trip bush I made a heap of video but nothing with actual targets in it therefore very boring and not worth the time to edit it. I'm heading bush again Thursday for a quick overnighter to attend the funeral of my cousins wife who passed away last week. Whilst it'll be poor taste to go out shooting, I will take the thermal and go for a walk up the back paddock and see how many Roo's I can spot. I also recently upgraded to Windows 10 and the program I used for editing no longer works so I'll have to get that sorted as well.

Hopefully this coming weekend will see something cool posted on YouTube :)
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by brett1868 » 26 Oct 2015, 11:24 pm

sandgroperbill wrote:I was recently very VERY tempted to purchase an atn x-sight. Not thermal but looks the goods. I'm still quite tempted, but probably couldn't justify it with the amount i'm able to get out and shoot atm


DON'T !!! I had one and sent it back for a refund. Very flawed product and useless support, buy the Pulsar Digisight if you want digital night vision as they are a far better quality product. Yes, ATN are cheap but if they don't work then they're not so cheap and it's better to pay a bit more for something that works.
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by sandgroperbill » 27 Oct 2015, 12:34 am

Cheers for the heads up, Brett, you may have just saved me a wad of cash
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by Title_II » 27 Oct 2015, 3:15 am

Don't get digital IMO.

Bret, prayers sent for your family.
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Re: Going Thermal

Post by sarki » 28 Oct 2015, 2:42 pm

brett1868 wrote:I also recently upgraded to Windows 10 and the program I used for editing no longer works so I'll have to get that sorted as well.


I've had the reminder to download the free upgrade for a while now, put it off so far because of this.

A significant number of programs not caught up yet from what I read online.
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