Hello All,

I've decided to create a separate post to address any technical questions that arise related to N-Vision Optics' ATLAS thermal binoculars.  I have been thinking about it for a while but an earlier post by terry1 gave me the final push.  Below are a few details to start.  As always, your questions and comments are greatly appreciated.

1. Core: BAE, 640 x 480, 12 microns pitch, 60 Hz refresh rate.

2. Displays: dual color LCD.

3. Objective: 50 mm F1.2. Manual focus.

4. NUC: two options (user configurable via menu settings). Option 1 (factory default) is automatic shutter with user's ability to force NUC with a push of the button. Option 2 (has to be enabled in System Menu) is Scene NUC that is totally manual and requires the user to cover objective lens. Scene NUC gives better results but is a little bit more cumbersome.

5. Power: 3 CR123 batteries or external USB power.

6. External USB cable is not included in the standard package but is available as an inexpensive option.

7. Taking pictures: yes.  Up to 60 images can be taken and viewed on the ATLAS or downloaded to PC (sorry, no Mac or .nix is supported at this time).  Image download requires custom USB cable and software that is available on our website.

8. ATLAS is fully waterproof and nitrogen purged.  If dropped in the water it will float.

Wildfowler,

1. Good idea about adding images to the post.  I'll do it a little bit later.  Meanwhile, you may see some images, for example, here:  
Sorry, I had to remove the link to the site with images from here.  I apologize I did not realize that this was in violation of ARF rules.  Will add images here ASAP.

2. Sorry for the confusion, strictly speaking, ATLAS is biocular and not a binocular.  It has one sensor and one objective lens.

I'm glad you asked.  Here is one of the rare videos of floating ATLAS.

Night9, I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "video out with the USB cable", so I'll give you a long answer.

We do not support video over USB.  However, for some people in the past, we've built Y-shaped cables that have both USB and analog video connections.  This way it is possible to power the unit over USB and stream out the video at the same time.