Owning Even More Of The Night [Color Night Vision Goggles]

Armed Forces Journal International ^ | August 2002 | John G. Roos

[VaBthang4]

[Texas_Jarhead]

color would be sweet, no more green-vision

[gcruse]

Neat.

[strela]

color would be sweet, no more green-vision

Wouldn't make any difference to me - I don't see color right anyway. What would interest me would be better reproduction of shade intensity (dark colors look darker gray/green and light colors lighter shades). (And, prescription eyepieces in my 3rd generation night vision binocs so I don't have to fumble with my glasses to use them at night).

[AdA$tra]

What would interest me would be better reproduction of shade intensity

Also less intense brightness to make the transition to normal light more fluid. Of course I am speaking from a G1 night vision perspective.

My wife has banned ANY new toys for the forseeable future...LOL.

[Travis McGee]

Night Vision is a good thing, a VERY good thing!

[strela]

Also less intense brightness to make the transition to normal light more fluid.

Good point. I'd like an adjustment for that on the control panel - its pretty jarring going from being in the dark to all that light. And, it takes me about 30 minutes to get my night vision back even after just a peek through the binocs. (Maybe put some red gels on the objective lenses?)

Of course I am speaking from a G1 night vision perspective.

I'm speaking from a "Damn, another coyote's trying to get in the chicken yard again - hand me the 30-30" perspective myself ;)

[Prodigal Son]

Sounds pretty cool. A definite improvement on green static.

[terilyn]

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[Boot Hill]

Color is cool, but for decades now, the push has been to increase low light level sensitivity and for good reason. Lack of sensitivity has been the principle handicap to NVG.

Information about any loss in sensitivity due to going to a color system is precisely what Jones left out of this article. Color vs. threshold sensitivity is a natural consequence of the physics of the sensors involved and that tradeoff can sometimes be quite serious. For example, in the human eye the rods (black & white sensors) are 400 times more sensitive than the cones (color sensors).

I'd be damn sure that I truly needed the color system before I would switch to it. Someone's life may depend on it.

Regards,

Boot Hill

[HiTech RedNeck]

I'd hope it would work both ways. Present a picture in monochrome in extreme dark situations, and turn on the color when the light is sufficient.

[Boot Hill]

Good thought, but depending on how they implemented the color scheme, switching back to black & white may not return you to the best possible black & white sensitivity. TANSTAAFL works in engineering, too.

Regards,

Boot Hill

[HiTech RedNeck]

I'm thinking two sensors. One specialized for monochrome, the other for color; best of both. To avoid distracting the user, it wouldn't change mode with shifts of illumination, until the user hit a button. There might be a little blinking green light at the corner of the eyepiece to indicate the illumination is sufficient for color, and a red one to advise switching back to monochrome.

[Boot Hill]

There could be applications where that system would be the best possible way to go. Keep in mind the likely downsides though: weight, cost, power consumption, size. These can be minimized, but not ignored.

Regards,

Boot Hill

[Johnny Shear]

Can any of you guys give a novice night scope wanna-be owning Freeper a source for purchasing night vison stuff?

Just for hobby purposes...Thanks in advance.

[archy]

There's also a USAF wide-vision unit under development that should give pilots better periphial vision than the present units with which the field of view is considerably limited.

Combine the wider view with the colour display, and they'd really have something.

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[archy]

Can any of you guys give a novice night scope wanna-be owning Freeper a source for purchasing night vision stuff?

I've got a continuing interest in the material designed and produced in the former Soviet Union, all of which is at least a generation behind comprable US-built NVDs, and generally isn't worth the additional hassle and lessened capabilities despite admittedly attractive prices...sometimes, unless your requirements are VERY specific and limited.

But one of the best in the business is: Excalibur Electro Optics. In particular, check out their *helpful info* section for a good overview of the subject and equipment available, and its capabilities.

-archy-/-

[Cobra Scott]

archy,

do you (or anyone else) know of any good long-eye-relief models that can handle the increased recoil of a magnum handgun (454Casull)? I found one model, a gen3, that was around $2500, and that was with no bells and whistles. I could get by with gen1 sensitivity, but gotta have the eye relief and the shock tolerance.

[vannrox]

You can own an Infrared Sniper Scope for your rifle... provided you are a FED. Go to HERE and check out the equipment. Man would it be nice on a G3.

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This particular scope is a MONOCROME IR scope. Meaning that you can only see GREEN. But, notice how the body is lit up by the body heat.


However, I myself prefer the color highlighed scopes. Now these are some high tech pieces of work! Put the scope on your .50cal and target in the dark dark nite.

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