Depends what you mean about long range mate.
The lads from Sheffeild shoot foxs up to 300 yards with it easy enough using Sony Handycams and the footage is very bright.
Ive seen it look at a wooden telegraph pole at over 600 yards and illuminate it using the new Nite - Hunter night vision camera (not on sale yet).
They have also done a test to see what is better the N1000 or the IR300 and the IR300 worked out at least twice as good as the N1000.
From what i saw when i went up to Sheffield last week i wouldnt buy any other illuminator except this IR300 at the moment. They are wi