I've been playing around and just finished another Night Vision comparison review on YouTube and figured I'd share it here too..
This one is Between two "budget" NV Scopes, the Firefield NVRS which is an traditional commercial Gen 1 scope, and the Sightmark Photon RT which is a Digitial scope.
The NVRS is less costly initially at $270-300, but generally needs an extra IR illuminator and mount which brings it to around $350 to work decently out to about 100 yards.
I've been generally wary of digital NV, especially for the prices most companies have been asking, but here recently I've noticed that the cheapest version of the Sightmark Photon RT (4.5x42s with 850nm illuminator) has been running $435 compared to the $550 and up that's been normal so I decided to give it a try, and I have to say it works much better than I anticipated and actually better IMO than the NVRS in it's ability to amplify light, and the built in illuminator on this thing works well out to 200-300 yards, so the only add-on needed is a pair of 30mm scope rings to mount it.
Anyway, here's the review... I'm also interested to get impressions from anyone using NV on how this stuff compares to other NV out there as there is a lot of Hype and Snake Oil claims on a lot of this stuff, so real world experience and feedback is always good to hear.
I've also gotten a Sightmark Wraith HD (thier latest digital Day/Night scope) to play with and am working on a comparison between it and the Photon RT next.
This one is Between two "budget" NV Scopes, the Firefield NVRS which is an traditional commercial Gen 1 scope, and the Sightmark Photon RT which is a Digitial scope.
The NVRS is less costly initially at $270-300, but generally needs an extra IR illuminator and mount which brings it to around $350 to work decently out to about 100 yards.
I've been generally wary of digital NV, especially for the prices most companies have been asking, but here recently I've noticed that the cheapest version of the Sightmark Photon RT (4.5x42s with 850nm illuminator) has been running $435 compared to the $550 and up that's been normal so I decided to give it a try, and I have to say it works much better than I anticipated and actually better IMO than the NVRS in it's ability to amplify light, and the built in illuminator on this thing works well out to 200-300 yards, so the only add-on needed is a pair of 30mm scope rings to mount it.
Anyway, here's the review... I'm also interested to get impressions from anyone using NV on how this stuff compares to other NV out there as there is a lot of Hype and Snake Oil claims on a lot of this stuff, so real world experience and feedback is always good to hear.
I've also gotten a Sightmark Wraith HD (thier latest digital Day/Night scope) to play with and am working on a comparison between it and the Photon RT next.