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Last edited by Chad C; 05-30-2014, 10:13 AM.
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Originally posted by Chad C View Post
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Originally posted by miket View Post[ATTACH]624079[/ATTACH]
Pig with my homemade digital NV. Cost me somewhere around $150 to build including the illuminator. The farthest confirmed distance I can see well enough to shoot is 160yds but Im pretty sure it will go 200+
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Ok. I am at work so I just copied much of the text from a pm I sent to another member ( my words only of course ):
Do you want the long version or the short one? I was working on a way to make an old Sony handicam into a NV spotter ( it worked ) when I stumbled onto Rolaids Bench on youtube. He is the main one developing this DIY NV in the US. Upon even further research I discovered that he ( he has stated this ) has gotten a great deal of info from nightvisionforumuk where it appears as if the idea truly originated. ( I am a member ) Other than personaly refinements/adaptations my builds are generally copies of my predesessors. My builds are a cctv camera with a 100mm lens on it. The scopeless build is basically that camera held in place at the correct eye relief looking through the scope. My scopeless build is a camera and lense inside a housing that I made. The key really is the illuminator. There isnt enough ambient light to see regardless of camera so you must use an IR illuminator. You can buy a good one for about $160-$200 but Im cheap so I bought a Uniquefire T20 and installed an IR led and driver in it. Come to find out this is precisely what one seller does and sells for $200 ( $160 on sale ). I am currently working on a better version that will slip on a scope ( like my scoped version ) with a better camera and that will be more refined and look more professional. I am waiting for the camera to come in and then will start finallizing the design and machining the housing.
So, to those interested, look up Rolaids Bench on youtube and nightvisionforumuk to get started. I am no pro but can help more for those that end up pursuing this.
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