IR NV - which one?

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ray1377

ray1377

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Been scrolling through amazon lately and pondering a IR-NV unit for a little after dark pesting. Pard, Oneleaf, Starstrike etc. There are numerous brands and they all seem to look like they do exactly the same thing. I've watched a good many videos of the fellows in the UK and they mostly use Pard. Was curious if any of you have bought and used any of these and what are you thoughts on them. TIA

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I picked up a decked out with all the bells and whistles one leaf nv400 as it was a good deal 300 bucks. Looks pretty good at night and totally functional out past 100. Haven’t grown fond of it for daytime use though. Just lacks clarity especially when compared to glass of the same price point. I have a feeling this would be my personal opinion across the board for daytime use on any of them. My recommendation would be search for a really good deal on a used unit and stick to dark time use.
 
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6gun said:
I've got a pard scope cam, and the zulus scope . The pard is limited by its screen and it's power consumption. The zulus is really good all around with the recent updates.
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Not to mention the range finding zulus solving your trajectory with ir night vision is an absolute game changer with different zero personalities in the recent updates.
 
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I personally have zero issues with daytime performance with the Zulus LRD 5-20. I can shoot a painted metal target at 185y and see POI very clearly. Yes it can be grainy at 50 yards 20x on a bright target, but I still prefer it greatly over my 12x vortex. The ballistic compensation is certainly a game changer. I've had to drop my set velocity on the scope 50 fps slower than actual velocity to get the trajectory calculation pretty dead nuts. Zero set at 50 and out to 100 yards it's money. For $590 to my door it's hard to ask for a better value.
 
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I chose to go with the 30mm for my new NV500. I like the interchangeable lens setup a lot. I can always add the 50mm should I find the magnification inadequate. Oneleaf also has longer lenses in the works. Interestingly enough the shorter focal lengths are generally more complex and costly. The 30mm also features a diaphragm which eliminates the "snout" employed for the 50mm to limit light. Not to mention controlling the depth of field.
 
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Ricklin said:
I chose to go with the 30mm for my new NV500. I like the interchangeable lens setup a lot. I can always add the 50mm should I find the magnification inadequate. Oneleaf also has longer lenses in the works. Interestingly enough the shorter focal lengths are generally more complex and costly. The 30mm also features a diaphragm which eliminates the "snout" employed for the 50mm to limit light. Not to mention controlling the depth of field.
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I like the scope overall but the frame rate chokes down to a crawl with the 50mm lens at high magnification.
 
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That does make sense given the amount of data streaming off that 4K chip. It is one of the areas we suffer for getting so much performance for so little $$. The Starvis is a security cam chip and speed may not be among it's greatest attributes. The engineers have to give up something in the price/performance equation to be competitive. Firmware updates may improve performance.
 
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