On Jul 4, 1:00 pm, krackula <krack...@i.am> wrote:

you can  frequently find a  used  thermal imaging ccd camera on ebay
( the post old gen 3 stuff  )  for between $750 and $1500 form time
to time.  things that you completely miss in a gen 2 NV are VERY
easily found with this type of device. the difference is shocking.

none of these are bargains .........  but .............

http://cgi.ebay.com/Infrared-Camera-Thermal-Imager-Radiometric_W0QQit...http://cgi.ebay.com/Mitsubishi-IR-5120C-Thermal-Imaging-Infrared-Came...http://cgi.ebay.com/PalmIR-250-FLIR-Infrared-Thermal-Imager-Exc-Cond_...http://cgi.ebay.com/Infrared-Camera-Thermal-Imager-Radiometric_W0QQit...

if you had ANY one of these , you'd laugh at and dump your gen2 scope
in a hurry.  these are VASTLY beyond anything  any gen X  scope can do
!  these easily see things that are totally missed in any gen x scope
.....  most of these can see human foot prints on the ground
( or tire tracks on a road ) l  for a while  " after " the target has
gone .  profound information can be seen with these if used properly.
( use these jacked onto  the video input jack of a camcorder
for quick and easy  video  IR thermal video recording , I  often use a
laptop with a video input  capture pcmcia card and  "  Gotacha "
software to a great advantage ) .

THIS  is a simplistic example of the VERY fancy hardware found  in all
those video cameras you see  all over the place  ( up on the mountain
towers , on those tripods ,  wifi link types  carried by the cammo
dudes  etc.  )  ...... the one's they have  cost 10s of 1000s more
than a camera like this ...... but this gives you some hint of what "
they ' see  daylight and darkhttp://cgi.ebay.com/IR-Thermal-Imaging-Surveillance-System_W0QQitemZ1...

there's night vision and then there is NIGHT VISION  . ah hahah a

fun stuff  .............

http://www.supercircuits.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=4167
I have one of these. Pair it up with a large aperture c mount lens .

I shot this a few years ago. The raw video was much better.
www.lazygranch.com/video/comair.mpg