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This looks like a heck of a deal for a good thermal
- Thread starter Kingfish
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So I got my thermal a couple days ago and have had a couple of nights to try it out. I don't have any reference to judge it against since I have never looked through one until now. I have to say I am pretty amazed by the detail it shows. I showed it to a friend of mine and he said it blew away the one he has. Maybe I'll get the chance to compare the two side by side since he didn't say exactly what his was. The options of type of image it displays (white hot, black hot, red hot, rainbow, extra dark, plus sun and rain settings) is really cool. I really like the extra dark setting because it helps to preserve my night vision. The clip on adapter is due in today, so I'll see how that works. I probably will use it mostly as a monocular to scan around because all my hog shooting takes place within the range of my green lights. I really like the ability to easily distinguish between hogs and calves that are sometimes in the area.
One question that occurred to me was how well it works through fog. Yesterday morning we had early fog, but it began to lift before I got up and around to try it out.
One question that occurred to me was how well it works through fog. Yesterday morning we had early fog, but it began to lift before I got up and around to try it out.
Put that in front of or behind the scope?
Edit - If only there was somehow I could look crap like that up myself. Maybe a small handheld computer you could take everywhere. Someone should invent that. I think there's a market.
NM - I found some videos of them being used. Pretty slick.
Edit - If only there was somehow I could look crap like that up myself. Maybe a small handheld computer you could take everywhere. Someone should invent that. I think there's a market.
NM - I found some videos of them being used. Pretty slick.
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Speaking of LPVO, do you have to use a scope that goes down to 1x for it to work? I just found an adapter in the box that turned out to be for a 50mm scope. The only 50 I have is a 6-24. I put the thermal on in front of it and all I could see was a small circle in the center of the FOV and the screen was so magnified you could see the individual pixels. I have a 56mm adapter on order to use on a scope that is 2.5-10x. Will that still be too much magnification?
If it's a real clip-on, no you don't need any adapter. On 1x, the display will be small-ish but have the best image. As you zoom, the image will becomes less focused depending on how well the LPVO is made and where the eyepiece on the clip-on is focused. It's will probably look best at 2x-4x, maybe even 6x. The higher mag, the less focused the image will be. If the systems in optimized for a higher mag, like 8x-12x, when you're on 1x, the display will be tiny. It's a trade off. I'f the display is big enough to be used as a stand alone sight, the image will get worse when you zoom in. Nothing you can do about it.
If it's a fake clip-on, and has an adjustable diopter on the eyepiece, you'll be able to focus at multiple magnification levels, but you'll also induce image shift which can be significant.
