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Aldi toy - did anyone get one ?
Just wondering what the night vision goggles are like - is the illuminator visible etc ? |
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"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote in message g... Just wondering what the night vision goggles are like - is the illuminator visible etc ? Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself? |
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Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself?
Nope, I wouldn't know where to start... |
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"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote in message g... Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself? Nope, I wouldn't know where to start... Objective lens to focus image on image intensifier tube. HV supply to power image intensifier tube. Lens to view image. Easy, in principle. |
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Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself?
Nope, I wouldn't know where to start... Objective lens to focus image on image intensifier tube. HV supply to power image intensifier tube. Lens to view image. Easy, in principle. I'd hazard a guess that in this instance at least, it would be cheaper to just buy one :-} |
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dennis@home wrote:
"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote in message g... Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself? Nope, I wouldn't know where to start... Objective lens to focus image on image intensifier tube. HV supply to power image intensifier tube. Lens to view image. Easy, in principle. Not a good idea to have an HV supply an inch from your eye if you don't know how to do it |
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"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote in message g... Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself? Nope, I wouldn't know where to start... Digital camera / camcorder. Pry off the IR blocking filter, get an IR filter for a big torch like a clulite, and bingo, you've got a nightvision camera setup. Could be done with a very cheap camera and a car headlamp running a 100W bulb from a car battery for naff all. IR filters are about £20 from Anchor Supplies... |
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Aldi toy - did anyone get one ?
Nope, I wouldn't know where to start...
Digital camera / camcorder. Pry off the IR blocking filter, get an IR filter for a big torch like a clulite, and bingo, you've got a nightvision camera setup. Could be done with a very cheap camera and a car headlamp running a 100W bulb from a car battery for naff all. IR filters are about £20 from Anchor Supplies... Thanks for the tips, but I suspect a car battery would be a tad too heavy to go fox / owl hunting around the local park :-} (we got within about 8 feet of a tawny a few weeks ago - my wife spotted it, but by the time my eyes had adjusted to the gloom it flew off) |
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In message , "dennis@home"
writes Objective lens to focus image on image intensifier tube. HV supply to power image intensifier tube. Lens to view image. Easy, in principle. It's just finding and buying the image intensifier that's the hard bit then. Oooh, hang on, Aldi were selling a complete night vision thingy, you could buy one of them and strip it down for the tube... -- Clint Sharp |
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Colin Wilson o.uk writes: Just wondering what the night vision goggles are like - is the illuminator visible etc ? I was walking past an ALDI this morning, so I thought I'd have a look at them. Couldn't see them so I asked. Apparently they all went on the first day. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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I was walking past an ALDI this morning, so I thought I'd have a
look at them. Couldn't see them so I asked. Apparently they all went on the first day. All the local scrotes will have them, so they can see when houses are empty... |
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On 3 Oct, 22:14, "Doki" wrote:
"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote in ella.org... Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself? Nope, I wouldn't know where to start... Digital camera / camcorder. Pry off the IR blocking filter, get an IR filter for a big torch like a clulite, and bingo, you've got a nightvision camera setup. Could be done with a very cheap camera and a car headlamp running a 100W bulb from a car battery for naff all. IR filters are about 20 from Anchor Supplies... The Aldi device wasn't IR night vision, it was an image intensifier I think. A wholly different type and no IR light that can be detected. http://aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_7351.htm No, I didn't buy one either. |
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Clint Sharp writes: In message , "dennis@home" writes Objective lens to focus image on image intensifier tube. HV supply to power image intensifier tube. Lens to view image. Easy, in principle. It's just finding and buying the image intensifier that's the hard bit then. Oooh, hang on, Aldi were selling a complete night vision thingy, you could buy one of them and strip it down for the tube... I always rather wanted one, right back to being a teenager when I used to see adverts for them from the likes of J Bull Electrical. Those were army surpless ones. Could never afford them at the time on my pocket money. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Bruce saying something like: Lots of former Soviet-made ones came on the market at the time the Cold War ended (early 1990s). Still available on German ebay - search for 'Nachtsichtgeräte', the Cyclop M-1 /H3T-1 being a particular favourite of the border guards. Here's one... http://tinyurl.com/3nobo4 And here's an adaptor for M42, allowing a pic to be taken of the escaper, just before you shoot him... http://tinyurl.com/4xwl3t I got one of each last year for not much money. The image is viewable, but what you'd expect from an 80s design. Iow, ok for spotting border jumpers and not much else. -- Dave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "It's a moron working with power tools. How much more suspenseful can you get?" - House |
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On 5 Oct, 16:18, Onetap wrote:
The Aldi device wasn't IR night vision, it was an image intensifier I think. Here's a clue: If it has a built-in illuminator, it's not an image intensifier, it's just yet another cheap 1st gen IR-sensitive converter. You'll get just as good results (if not better) with many video cameras (possibly needing to remove a filter first). |
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"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote in message g... Ever thought of making one of those night vision cameras yourself? Nope, I wouldn't know where to start... One of these... http://tinyurl.com/3goauz and a cheap ebay camcorder. |
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