NIght Vision adapters for day scopes

[john.25condor]

+1

[walt_in_hawaii]

ditto. I've never bought NV online without a pic from the seller of the actual image through that tube that I'm buying. Ask to have him aim it at a blank wall so all you see are the spots. Then ask for several pics outside at night so you can see resolution and detail and look for other problems.

Or, just order the Pinnacle tube. Hope your bank account is in good health, though.

aloha,
walt

[Hoot]

Yukon 2 X 4 monocular 172.99 at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yukon-NVMT-2x24-2-0x-Night-Vision-Monocular-24021-NEW-/300401028791?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f14beeb7


Yukon mount w/Ir flashlight now $79.99 free shipping at:

http://www.redsoldier.com/store/Search.aspx?searchTerms=%20Yukon%20NVMT%202x24&submit=true&z=_ac_5874756_ac_7%2f25%2f2010+4%3a40%3a28+PMro3ie6rpbD6FtX0v43mj6w%3d%3d

I picked one up. Everything was $253.00 shipped. I'll try anything at that price.


Not a long range hunter/killer setup, but fine for what I do at 50 yards or less. As always, I think the key is in the supplemental IR light.

I'm trying to locate a large diameter IR Pass-through filter Akula mentioned. No luck yet.



Hoot
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[walt_in_hawaii]

http://www.mscelectronics.com/nightvision.htm

The IR filters are the cheap way to go. Can't be beat, for the money. If you want to get into the next level, usually you can go much longer range with an IR laser. These have always been expensive, and now you can't buy them from US makers due to DOD rules. However, if you know how to use a soldering iron, you can make one yourself....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6bFxvS5sk8

Note that this gives you the equivalent of something like a Ground Commanders Pointer, very very powerful pointer. It will also burn the image tube of a NV device so you have to watch reflections and have a LIF on your NV device as a precaution. For long range illumination you will have to find a lens that you can put over the front to attenuate the coherent beam. This unit also has enough power to permanently blind you if you look into it.

walt

[walt_in_hawaii]

Hoot, that Yukon looks like it's just a cheapo copy of an AB Nightvision unit. I've owned several of Adam's units in the past, very good stuff. abnightvision.com

As an option you can have it made with the screw in front objective, they use old c mount lenses which are cheap and plentiful on ebay. 25mm gives you 1x perspective; 50mm gives you 2x perspective, etc. I had one unit with a 700mm zoom lens on it which was, well, a real hoot. Here are some pics:

and can go from this:

to this:

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[slayer5]

cheap is good as long as it works and is dependable, durable!
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[walt_in_hawaii]

Nothing wrong with cheap. Free is better yet. If it works, I'm the last guy to complain. I think YN had posted some 1st gen units that were really cheap on ebay a few months back. These were for tubes only, you had to put an objective and ocular lenses onto them to get them to work... but they were tripled, 3 of the 1st gen units magnifying each other. Result was impressive, and for less than $100, although bulky.

If your unit uses the screw in C mount lenses, I may have one or two lying around. Don't remember. If you'd like to try different magnifications... let me know off list if you want me to look. When looking for spare lenses, fujinon is the one to look for, best quality.

walt