I have a cheap Nightfox Prowler, and you can turn off the lights but keep on the IR sensitive cameras. That way you can put a IR flashlight on your gun😊
The factory paint job on your IR designator reflects that much because the paint job is reacting to the IR.. this will happen with clothing as well.. that is why the military uses inti IR coded materials on their uniforms.
Does it not focus better than that ? I’ve got a Yukon no monocular with it illumnator on a atn head gear I’ve driven in black out and shot targets to !!
So you can turn the NVG10's IR light off completely right? I have an IR light to belt mount. Should keep any glare off the gun and just use a laser? Not preferred but beggars can't be choosers in the finance of a pvs14
Sure thing! I have a video dedicated to the NVG10 which goes over essentially all aspects and controls, even compared to the PVS-14. In case you want to see that video, it’s called “NVG-10 Digital VS. PVS-14 (Head-to-head) Night Vision Review”
Nvg10 has 25.5 degrees FOV Vs 40 degrees for pvs 14. It is huge difference for navigating. Check Google search for phrase 'a handy guide for measuring angles with hand' for simple hand technique of measuring angles with Your own hand. You will see why 25.5 vs 40 is huge difference. The more FOV you have - the more comfort You can operate and navigate in terrain with night vision device. And that's why militaries choose 40 degree FOV as comfort minimum for such devices to operate during walk. You can get nods with even 50 degrees, but they are more expensive and some users are complaining that such lenses somewhat deform/distort field of view that it can make discomfort for user to walk. So, standard and comfort minimum is still 40 degrees. And that's why most of professional night vision devices in stock have indeed 40 degrees FOV.
Yes. It has just the half of the pvs-14. And even the 14 has a small fov. NVG 10 = 25° FOV PVS 14 = 40° FOV The NVG10 is perfect for Stargazing and nice for observation.
I have a similar situation. I live in the countryside outside city limits but close enough to neighbors that even my suppressed 22lr might be a bit loud at night. Do you think something like a airsoft rifle with some cheap parts ir laser and all that, would be worth I to train with? Or something like the mantis blackbeard?
@jimmyofthesea1883 I probably could try, the issue too is there's not really any spot to shoot without pointing at a house or barn. We have 5 acres and it's all flat as can be and goes into flat land around us. So nothing is stopping a round except for houses and barns and cars. When doing any shooting (bought a new gun time to put 5 rounds through it) its just right into the dirt. I do have access to a flat 24/7 members only range that I can shoot at night with. However it would be nice to just do some in my own yard. Mostly the reloads, running, stopping shoot run and all that. And getting use to aiming under NV
Try a simple experiment. On IR 1, put a finger in front of the illuminator to reflect a little of the light back to the nvg10 lens (don't totally block the illuminator, just enough to reflect some of the light back). If you do this with IR OFF (940nm is on) you will find the gain control goes up enough to see pretty well in lower light levels where it would normally just be dark ground and the lighter sky horizon. I'm going to attach a piece of fiber optic on the front of my nvg10 going from the illuminator to just into the bottom portion of the main cameral lens to try and get it to improve gain. Alternatively, you can just not use the built-in illuminator for this circumstance and use either a 940nm or 890nm weapon light to illuminate.
Passive through a magnified optic never works well. With that being said digital NV is still not really viable yet. The sionyx black is probably the best option, but it still blows. In am urban environment with lots of light pollution they work better and you don't need the illuminator, but in actual darkness they are trash.
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This is why I run an offset 940nm illuminator in the form of an IR flashlight on my helmet.
I have a cheap Nightfox Prowler, and you can turn off the lights but keep on the IR sensitive cameras. That way you can put a IR flashlight on your gun😊
How would that look with setting 0 on the NVG10 and only the IR laser?
The factory paint job on your IR designator reflects that much because the paint job is reacting to the IR.. this will happen with clothing as well.. that is why the military uses inti IR coded materials on their uniforms.
Does it not focus better than that ? I’ve got a Yukon no monocular with it illumnator on a atn head gear I’ve driven in black out and shot targets to !!
It;s manual focus like you would do with a DSLR camera, it has a dial on the lens, he's not using it
So you can turn the NVG10's IR light off completely right? I have an IR light to belt mount. Should keep any glare off the gun and just use a laser? Not preferred but beggars can't be choosers in the finance of a pvs14
Sure thing! I have a video dedicated to the NVG10 which goes over essentially all aspects and controls, even compared to the PVS-14. In case you want to see that video, it’s called “NVG-10 Digital VS. PVS-14 (Head-to-head) Night Vision Review”
Hi, are there huge differences between the FOV of the NVG10 and the PVS14, in terms of viewing angle?
Nvg10 has 25.5 degrees FOV Vs 40 degrees for pvs 14. It is huge difference for navigating. Check Google search for phrase 'a handy guide for measuring angles with hand' for simple hand technique of measuring angles with Your own hand. You will see why 25.5 vs 40 is huge difference. The more FOV you have - the more comfort You can operate and navigate in terrain with night vision device. And that's why militaries choose 40 degree FOV as comfort minimum for such devices to operate during walk. You can get nods with even 50 degrees, but they are more expensive and some users are complaining that such lenses somewhat deform/distort field of view that it can make discomfort for user to walk. So, standard and comfort minimum is still 40 degrees. And that's why most of professional night vision devices in stock have indeed 40 degrees FOV.
Where the hell did that answer go screwtube?
@@fromsheeptoshepherddog6695 this channel doesn't like links🤷
Yes. It has just the half of the pvs-14. And even the 14 has a small fov.
NVG 10 = 25° FOV
PVS 14 = 40° FOV
The NVG10 is perfect for Stargazing and nice for observation.
@@aesthetic8780 The NVG10 one also seems like a 40° to me... how can you check this?
do the pin hole in the lens cover trick , it will lose resolution , but the wash out will reduce and infinite focus
You need a focus cap.
I have a similar situation. I live in the countryside outside city limits but close enough to neighbors that even my suppressed 22lr might be a bit loud at night.
Do you think something like a airsoft rifle with some cheap parts ir laser and all that, would be worth I to train with? Or something like the mantis blackbeard?
Have you tried subsonics in your 22? Airsoft is good for practicing reloads and moving with equipment, but airsoft is just not accurate IMPO.
@jimmyofthesea1883 I probably could try, the issue too is there's not really any spot to shoot without pointing at a house or barn. We have 5 acres and it's all flat as can be and goes into flat land around us. So nothing is stopping a round except for houses and barns and cars. When doing any shooting (bought a new gun time to put 5 rounds through it) its just right into the dirt.
I do have access to a flat 24/7 members only range that I can shoot at night with. However it would be nice to just do some in my own yard. Mostly the reloads, running, stopping shoot run and all that. And getting use to aiming under NV
Look into gasblowback rifles there higher quality and are perfect training tools as they functions exactly as real steel
@@mtwdew45They're way louder than a 22 rifle.
@@aesthetic8780 no
My nvg 10 works great with 940nm and laser
Head mounted IR on your helmet would solve most of the problem here.
Try a simple experiment. On IR 1, put a finger in front of the illuminator to reflect a little of the light back to the nvg10 lens (don't totally block the illuminator, just enough to reflect some of the light back). If you do this with IR OFF (940nm is on) you will find the gain control goes up enough to see pretty well in lower light levels where it would normally just be dark ground and the lighter sky horizon. I'm going to attach a piece of fiber optic on the front of my nvg10 going from the illuminator to just into the bottom portion of the main cameral lens to try and get it to improve gain. Alternatively, you can just not use the built-in illuminator for this circumstance and use either a 940nm or 890nm weapon light to illuminate.
Passive through a magnified optic never works well. With that being said digital NV is still not really viable yet. The sionyx black is probably the best option, but it still blows. In am urban environment with lots of light pollution they work better and you don't need the illuminator, but in actual darkness they are trash.
Worst experiment I’ve seen
I hate to say it, but if your nvg can be worked with out an IR light and an IR lazer on the riffle you are already dead.