Have any of you used night vision scopes for owling? What were your experiences? Most inexpensive scopes seem to be limited to around 2.5 to 4x magnification and use IR illumination. Are they adequate? Are there any inexpensive night vision scopes that don't use IR but rely solely on light amplification, or are they too expensive? The cheapies (IR scopes) I've seen advertised don't even mention light amplification for the most part. Is 30,000:1 enough, or is more needed? Do you have technical references or useful web pages? Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Darrell Lee Alameda, CA snorkler_at_juno.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Darrell asked: Have any of you used night vision scopes for owling? What were your experiences? ... ...Are there any inexpensive night vision scopes that don't use IR but rely solely on light amplification, or are they too expensive? ... Darrell, I've never went "owling", but I bought one of the relabled Russian units at Costco about four years ago and use it maybe 3-4 times a year for some birding and looking around in the dark and it seems to work fairly well. Magnification is nowhere as nice as a good set of binoculars. It uses both light amplification and IR, The specifications state 2.4x magnification and 5000x light amplification. It's a Zenit sold in the USA by Moonlight Products of San Diego 619-625-0300 according to the literature. The price on it was around $300 or so. Hope that helps - Saul __ © o -\_<, < \/ (*)/'(*) / 0 /> ______©/_______ Saul Kinderis / ` / ' saul_at_isomedia.com ^~^~^~^~^~^ 0 ^~^~^~^~^~^~ My web page is at: http://www.isomedia.com/homes/saul (425)402-3426 POB 2221, Bothell, WA, 98041 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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