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Quick question. I think you said those videos are recorded to internal memory. Just want to clairfy. That's digital internal video not analog that's been wired out to a traditional DVR? Is there a provision for a microphone? Those videos look similar to what the internal video on my flir vue pro 640, which records internally as a higher quality digital video. But the only way I can view live streaming from the vue is by way of a lower quality analog video jack to a monitor or display. So for the vue, it's analog live and digital recording. I know you said the image looks better than these videos. Does this mean through the Q14 viewfinder for live imaging is also digital but at some even higher rate? that would be a big step up in my opinion. I always thought if there was a way to make my vue display at the same quality that it records internally, it would be perfect. I'm sure my lack of technical terminology has completely botched my questioning. Hope this was simple enough? Thanks. View Quote |
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It is not a primary standalone TWS, that is just one of its numerous applications, and at that it is a short to medium range TWS when used for that objective. It does, however, work extremely well as a helmet mount as I did use it for that like I do my M-24s, for that purpose it is excellent and super lightweight. The ocular is also quite large and definitely much larger than a human pupil at night or during the day (3-4mm day and 7-8mm night) making the view superb. There are other iterations of Boson equipped standalone TWS and Clip-Ons TWS that would fit your application better as a standalone TWS for a weapon mount that are not primarily hand scanners or helmet mounted That said, it does have a huge image viewer with a very clear view through the ocular and may be used for that purpose quite effectively on most weapons. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Dumb (technically challenged) question - given the size of the optic and small eye piece, I'd imagine this would be extremely difficult to see through on a weapon or helmet mount. Is there an adaptor that can lengthen the eye relief so you aren't literally an inch away from a recoiling scope? Sorry if my question seem to naive or uneducated. Just seems like logically speaking this is toooo small for hunting purposes except to scan? There are other iterations of Boson equipped standalone TWS and Clip-Ons TWS that would fit your application better as a standalone TWS for a weapon mount that are not primarily hand scanners or helmet mounted That said, it does have a huge image viewer with a very clear view through the ocular and may be used for that purpose quite effectively on most weapons. |
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Yes, 556, 300 BLK, or 6.5 Grendel would be fine.
But .308 would not be good even though it can handle to recoil. |
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I hold on to my Grendel brass for reloading Barnes 100 TSX and Hornady 123 SST.
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Traveled to FLIR for a relaxing meeting and enjoyed some good Cuban cigars along with playing with the new line of 12um Boson goodies. Hands down the best 320 I've seen to date! At first look, it was hard to believe this was a 320 system. Took some quick pics and vids. Game changer for sure. More to come with pics and vids stay tuned... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_4K12XBjcM View Quote Does the silent shutter work better on the q14B vs the Q14? my Q14 had to be refreshed manually every 3-5 min for the 1st 15min |
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That's what I did. Sold my AR10, built my Grendel and now NV. You won't ever go back - although the cost of game is much higher with Grendel ($85 c) min per rd View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Holy hog Willie!! How far were these shot? I'm surprised the Grendel could work well as an SBR given the velocity loss. How much suppression are you seeing with the can? Still waiting for my omega.
I just saw hat the Armasight website now has this baby on sale and in stock - is this part of the new RX series or just an old Zeus with a boson interior? http://www.armasightstore.com/thermal-rifle-scopes/flir-thermosight-pro-1-5-6x19-30hz-thermal-weapon-sight-with-boson-320x256 Quoted:
The groups are pretty wide I heard tho with wolf. And it's steel - is it worth the risk of barrel damage? Ive got a JP match light contour View Quote |
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Is this it? Or an older version or something?
http://www.armasightstore.com/thermal-rifle-scopes/flir-q14-b-tim-320x256-30hz-thermal-imaging-monocular Just looking for a specs list. Will be buying from TNVC when they stock it. Hopefully you guys will be stocking the various mounts for helmet/weapons as well? |
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Is this it? Or an older version or something? http://www.armasightstore.com/thermal-rifle-scopes/flir-q14-b-tim-320x256-30hz-thermal-imaging-monocular Just looking for a specs list. Will be buying from TNVC when they stock it. Hopefully you guys will be stocking the various mounts for helmet/weapons as well? View Quote It does list a boson core..odd. |
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The groups are pretty wide I heard tho with wolf. And it's steel - is it worth the risk of barrel damage? Ive got a JP match light contour View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
The groups are pretty wide I heard tho with wolf. And it's steel - is it worth the risk of barrel damage? Ive got a JP match light contour Quoted:
Plinking ammo (pig killin ammo) is $0.23/rd. Anyways, enough thread jack! Can't wait for this Sight!!! |
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Holy hog Willie!! How far were these shot? I'm surprised the Grendel could work well as an SBR given the velocity loss. How much suppression are you seeing with the can? Still waiting for my omega. I just saw hat the Armasight website now has this baby on sale and in stock - is this part of the new RX series or just an old Zeus with a boson interior? http://www.armasightstore.com/thermal-rifle-scopes/flir-thermosight-pro-1-5-6x19-30hz-thermal-weapon-sight-with-boson-320x256 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Holy hog Willie!! How far were these shot? I'm surprised the Grendel could work well as an SBR given the velocity loss. How much suppression are you seeing with the can? Still waiting for my omega. I just saw hat the Armasight website now has this baby on sale and in stock - is this part of the new RX series or just an old Zeus with a boson interior? http://www.armasightstore.com/thermal-rifle-scopes/flir-thermosight-pro-1-5-6x19-30hz-thermal-weapon-sight-with-boson-320x256 Quoted:
The groups are pretty wide I heard tho with wolf. And it's steel - is it worth the risk of barrel damage? Ive got a JP match light contour |
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Based purely on your personal experience - would you say the q14b 320 at 30 hz performs better (image quality wise) than a 50 hz xp50? Thanks!
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More pics through the unit with the 320um in the 50 and 75mm flavors coming as well. Wait till you see how good the 320 12um REALLY looks! For now some further pics of the Q14B. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/Q14B_E_zpsucbmhwuk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/Q14B%20320%209mm%202_zpsikqrtkds.jpg View Quote |
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More pics through the unit with the 320um in the 50 and 75mm flavors coming as well. View Quote |
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So I was looking at the "FLIR Thermosight Pro 1.5-6x19 30Hz Thermal Weapon Sight with Boson 320x256" on armasightstore and noticed that they use 2x CR123A batteries. Any chance that you can use 18650 batteries with this? If not, will they have a model that does?
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That 9.1mm will be perfect for a helmet mount detector! The 9.1 mm should be 24° |
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I found the data sheets for the new boson cores on flirs website that includes many lens sizes and fov for them. The 9.1 mm should be 24° View Quote This page doesn't even show a 19mm or 50mm that's being pictured (screen shot) above. Thanks. Edit: Rats, (see TNVC above) I was hoping for something more current. Boson |
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Looks awesome! If it'll handle 6.5 grendel, it should handle 6.8 don't y'all think?
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Technology is ever evolving be it BAE, FLIR or ULIS cores. Being a brand new design 12 micron core plus the newest software I'm sure the boson 320 systems are pushing the limits for 320 class performance right now. That said the above pictured boson is still a 320 core, not a 640 core so I really just expect some nice improvements clarity and feature wise over some of the other other 320 class cores out there at this time. I think asking it to out perform a current production BAE/FLIR/ULIS 640 core may be a bit to much to ask.
For me the real story is the price point these systems can now be offered at. It would incredible to believe just two years ago if someone told me what was to come price wise. Talk is cheap :) I'm ready to get my hands on these systems :) There's a lot that goes into the best overall performance from LCD/OLED quality,lens quality,wiring and etc etc. Even the best core made is only as good as the display your eye views. |
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Signature worthy material right there. Where's the like button? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I need to start eating more blueberries to get my rods and cones acclimated :)
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Are there any fake pixels generated going from 320 core to 1280 display? Regardless, The photos and videos do look great. I'm sold. View Quote |
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What are "fake pixels" - pixels artificially generated to fill gaps that are inadvertently generated when the image advances from one stage to the next? View Quote Perhaps this would be a good time to have those in the know rehash it for us? Oh yeah, and something about somebody's Johnson? |
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I don't know. It just looks blurry to me. It has been a bit since I've rocked a 320 sensor, but that looks about the same as my old Therm-App. The 320 lacks the fine detail, which is to be expected from a 320 sensor. The detail in the hair the grass, the tire treads just pop with the higher res sensor. I'm sure the Q14B is solid and the price seems great, but I just don't see how this is as good as some 640 devices unless they were the older FLIR line rocking the non-OLED displays. Q14B - 19mm 320 12um. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/320%2019mm%201_zpslmllu9vu.jpeg Q14B - 50mm 320 12um. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/Clutch99/320%2050mm%201_zpsyluhileg.jpg Vs: IR Patrol M250W 640x480 - 12um BAE Sensor http://blog.ultimatenightvision.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IR-Patrol-M250-CS10.jpg View Quote going by my 640 Q14 the Q14B is a very close to what I'm seeing through my 640 especially in less than perfect conditions and with only a slight degradation in resolution. On top of that I will get better image processing, better display, no manual refreshes every few minutes and at a price more than 2.5 x cheaper. I for one can't wait to get one! |
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Vs Q14 640 http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab36/samuraijesse/Mobile%20Uploads/FF0898EE-C626-42E1-B05E-F57C9447ECBA_zpsu1c2hhot.jpg going by my 640 Q14 the Q14B is a very close to what I'm seeing through my 640 especially in less than perfect conditions and with only a slight degradation in resolution. On top of that I will get better image processing, better display, no manual refreshes every few minutes and at a price more than 2.5 x cheaper. I for one can't wait to get one! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Vs Q14 640 http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab36/samuraijesse/Mobile%20Uploads/FF0898EE-C626-42E1-B05E-F57C9447ECBA_zpsu1c2hhot.jpg going by my 640 Q14 the Q14B is a very close to what I'm seeing through my 640 especially in less than perfect conditions and with only a slight degradation in resolution. On top of that I will get better image processing, better display, no manual refreshes every few minutes and at a price more than 2.5 x cheaper. I for one can't wait to get one! Quoted:
Like I said, 320 Boson is as good as most current 640 cores. I didn't slam the device, and I'm sure it is great for a 320 device at the 2k mark. I think it looks good at its price point and I am currently in the market for a handheld spotter, so I've been following this thread. Even if the image quality isn't as detailed as some of the 640's out there, that isn't a deal breaker for me. It was just a bold claim that I am not seeing evidence of now that pictures are being posted. They look fuzzy to me like most 320 images do. If the software is great, that really does have a huge positive impact, because the software on the original Q14 that I owned was terrible. I have no skin in the game - I was merely asking questions and pointing out that the quality on this looked to be about the same as what I was getting out of my old Therm-App (384 x 288 sensor), which wasn't bad, but that is a $900 device - granted the usage on it is fairly limited since it has to be tethered to a display device and was only 9hz. I am mostly on the fence between this Q14B and something likely in the Pulsar lineup. FLIR has been great with support on any device for which I am the first / original owner, but I won't buy used FLIR/Armasight gear any more because they simply won't support it. I know this is a non-issue for many, but what value is there in a 10 year warranty on something, when the industry changes frequently and I am moving through devices so quickly that the warranty coverage dissolves after I own it. At 2K, that is less of a concern, but it is still a concern because it impacts resale when I want to upgrade to say... the Q14B 640. Do you know if the warranty stance is going to change since it seems like these are primarily aimed at the consumer market? |
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"Fake pixels"
If the detector320x240 "made up of individual sensors 1x1" will multiply into the pixels of the display then no fake pixels (interpolated) are needed. They are not really fake they are just assigned a value based on the real data around them. IE 320 sensors H to be displayed on 1280 H then you just have times 4. The display ratio old school tv's 4:3 square-ish new tv's 16:9 letterbox. So 1 sensor will control 4 pixels on the display, 320 sensors times 4 = 1280H 240 sensors times 3 will be 720V, 1280Hx720V display. So each sensor will control 4 pixels, now you won't get 1280H worth of information. But jedi mind tricks come into play. Since you only have 320H sensors to expand, but with post video processing the image can be sharpened and detail added which appears to upscale the image to a higher resolution. Flir's DDE for example will sharpen the image. The video from the boson appear to be soft and blended, but raising the level of dde if user can change it,will sharpen the image. Similar to the focus on the BAE cores, not really a focus but a detail enhancement. Calling it a focus keeps it away from calling it digital detail enhancement "which it is", which FLIR has patented the term DigitalDetailEnhancement-DDE and I am sure the processing pattern that takes place. So a lower number of sensors can appear to look like a higher number of sensors with good post processing. Keep in mind the size of the sensor (detector pitch) and the focal length of the lens will determine the resolving power. A 12u sensor will resolve smaller objects then a 17u sensor, or a 25u sensor with the same lens. So if a single 1x1 12u sensor with a 50mm lens can't see a nickle at 100yds then having 640 of them with the same lens 50mm won't see it either. The resolving power is the smallest object the sensor can see. Hopefully FLIR will post some technical specs that include resolving power like the tau2 cores data sheets. It's funny how digital cameras CCD's got smaller the amount of sensors were not reduced, but were increased. From .3Mpixel to 1 MP then 3MP then 5MP then 20MP. If a detector could now be made to fit in a 1/8 inch of space with 640 sensors why not fit 1280 of them on the same space the old detector used with the same lens and just have 4x the detail on the screen. I guess that's the next move |
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If this was already covered, I did not see it so please point me there.
How are you night-hunters who already have NVDs planning to integrate this device into your routine? |
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Thanks for this explanation. So would it be fair to say the following is also true about the Q14B: Not to mention the image viewer on those Pulsars has 1/3 of the pixels in the image being viewed imaginarily generated by software algorithms! View Quote For the record, I am thrilled to know that FLIR is now using a better display to match their potentially superior core processor. Thanks. |
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If this was already covered, I did not see it so please point me there. How are you night-hunters who already have NVDs planning to integrate this device into your routine? View Quote |
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