Night Vision

[mud 2,044]

I've used them a couple of times comes in handy in certen places.....

[TOMO 28,500]

 

I want to know how you get these night vision and thermol image gadgets,,, to stay on the dogs head......

 

That gag comes up as often as these topics.

Lol,,,yeh the old ones are the best..

 

Mind you only been on here since march this year... Or have you

[Suzy Ross 236]

" What happened to good old fashioned field craft? "

 

people probably asked the same question when folk 1st started lamping

Ha, that's true and shortly after they discovered the lamp, they sent telegraphs to each other saying, my rabbits are lamp shy.... Your lucky, I don't have any rabbits here

[courseadog 231]

Deffinatly got its uses for certain situations

But would hate to spend a fortune on it to be

Confiscated

[paulus 26]

with night vision you generally get what you pay for and dont forget the nightvision bit is only half the story a good source of ir light or laser is also required, don't think you can go into a dark field turn on your lidl monocle and the whole field is visible it does not happen good night vision is gen2+ and upwards

[C Hall 552]

with night vision you generally get what you pay for and dont forget the nightvision bit is only half the story a good source of ir light or laser is also required, don't think you can go into a dark field turn on your lidl monocle and the whole field is visible it does not happen good night vision is gen2+ and upwards

 

Mine are gen 1 and work just fine so your wrong to say good is gen 2 +

[paulus 26]

 

with night vision you generally get what you pay for and dont forget the nightvision bit is only half the story a good source of ir light or laser is also required, don't think you can go into a dark field turn on your lidl monocle and the whole field is visible it does not happen good night vision is gen2+ and upwards

 

Mine are gen 1 and work just fine so your wrong to say good is gen 2 +

 

your right gen3 is good

[C Hall 552]

better

[paulus 26]

better

look through a gen1 monocle then look in the same field with a kite or other quality kit and you will see one is night vision and one is kiddies toys

[the big chief 3,099]

with night vision you generally get what you pay for and dont forget the nightvision bit is only half the story a good source of ir light or laser is also required, don't think you can go into a dark field turn on your lidl monocle and the whole field is visible it does not happen good night vision is gen2+ and upwards

alot are using the lidl nv with a good ir for spotting with good results i use a bresser and with the in built ir you can see 60 yards or so with an extra ir i got from the nv forum i can see 400 yards

[paulus 26]

 

with night vision you generally get what you pay for and dont forget the nightvision bit is only half the story a good source of ir light or laser is also required, don't think you can go into a dark field turn on your lidl monocle and the whole field is visible it does not happen good night vision is gen2+ and upwards

alot are using the lidl nv with a good ir for spotting with good results i use a bresser and with the in built ir you can see 60 yards or so with an extra ir i got from the nv forum i can see 400 yards

 

so without pissing about focussing every other second you are telling me with a lidl monocular gen1 you can walk into a field and see clearly what's in there within a 60 yrd radius with no added ir illumination

[kranky 507]

 

 

 

with night vision you generally get what you pay for and dont forget the nightvision bit is only half the story a good source of ir light or laser is also required, don't think you can go into a dark field turn on your lidl monocle and the whole field is visible it does not happen good night vision is gen2+ and upwards

alot are using the lidl nv with a good ir for spotting with good results i use a bresser and with the in built ir you can see 60 yards or so with an extra ir i got from the nv forum i can see 400 yards

so without pissing about focussing every other second you are telling me with a lidl monocular gen1 you can walk into a field and see clearly what's in there within a 60 yrd radius with no added ir illumination

My Lidl one is digital not Gen 1, I had a Gen 2 before and they're comparable quality wise. The built in illuminate is good. I agree that you should have an additional IR source but you'll see 60 yards easy with the in built one.

 

My only criticism is the limited field of view, but it was only £69.99 nothing like the cost of a Kite or similar.

[kranky 507]

You'll have to refocus for different distances with most NV.

[C Hall 552]

 

better

look through a gen1 monocle then look in the same field with a kite or other quality kit and you will see one is night vision and one is kiddies toys

 

 

I use gen 1 binocular with ir filter on my lamp its very clear and works well for me its anything but a kiddies toy.

 

What do you use?

[bullmastiff 615]

We were on a shooting contract fairly recently and as spotter I was issued a decent digital monocular. I can't recall the make but no expense was spared on everything else so I'd guess it was probably a decent make.

After the first night I'd taken the Nightmaster off of it and put it on my cheap Lidl Nv. It just took too long to auto adjust it's contrast and there was no way to manually set it. Look at the brightly lit grass and it would darken, scan towards the hedge and you couldn't see bugger all for a second before it adjusted... it was bloody frustrating! At least with the cheapy one, once you had it focused to your eye then it was just a slight twist to focus for different distances.

 

I've used it when out with the dog and it definitely has it's place. Half the time you know somethings there anyway just by how the dogs acting but it's handy to check to see if it's a good or safe slip.