Caddmann, the image looking through the scope itself blows away the quality of the video. Here are s couple "through the eye piece vids" but they're taken with an iPhone behind the lens so its still not as good as actually looking through the lens.
Mike the optic is awesome.
It's basically the same as the IR hunter MKII, but with a slightly better display screen, handier and lighter weight.
35mm germanium lens.
640x512 resolution (the higher resolution the better)
12 BAE micron core (the lower the microns the better)
Digital OLED display screen. (OLED better than LCD)
2.5x native magnification. (Perfect for a combination of shooting accuracy on 2x and 4x digital but still a good wide field of view).
(2x, 4x and 8x digital zoom which will cut resolution in half each time it double the current magnification).
I've detected hogs across a rice field over a mile away no joke.
12 degree FOV
Uses the Dloc mounting system which is really fast, easy to use in the dark, and returns to zero really well consistently. So it can be used as a scanner and a scope, swapping back and forth in about 10 seconds in the dark.
It also has 4 preset zeros (ABC&D) so u can zero it on 4 different guns (I use the Bobro QD return to zero mounts for my day optics so I can swap optics on 4 different guns really easy without having to go back and forth to the range to rezero optics.. well I use the GG&G QD return to zero mount in my eotech which works really well also).
It focuses automatically once u set the diopiter on the objective lens to your eye.
It has 3 different white hot and 3 different black hot settings and an "edge detect" setting that's kinda cool when u have groups of animals bunched together.
It has 4 different focus/sharpness settings
Contrast adjustment.
U can use all these options to really fine tune the image in different weather conditions and at different digital magnifications.
It uses a joystick to control so it's easy to navigate the menu with one hand/finger. This comes in handy when "nuc'ing/calibrating the image bc u can do it flip the lens cover down with your pinky and press down on the joystick to easily nuc it quickly.
It can also be helmet mounted though I don't really do that with it and don't have the mount for it.
This is my 4th and favorite thermal. I'll add more if I can think of anything else. Not to be all salesy but if you're interested, Cliff at third coast thermal is awesome, helpful, honest and has amazing customer service and if u mention me, he will give u a better deal.
My only "complaint, is that it's so small and lightweight it's hard to find a place to mount my mini DVR onto it for recording video. And it doesn't come with internal video recording which should start being more "normal" in the thermal world within the next 1-3 years.
It really is ahead of its time. Though this year at shot show Flir/armasight and Pulsar have some cool new technology updates and equipment that is supposed to come out this year. Whatever u do, stay away from ATN that's my suggestion.
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