subject: Generation 1 Night Vision Goggles And Monoculars [print this page] Generation 1 Night Vision Goggles And Monoculars
Night owl night vision has been in the consumer night vision business for decades. Their equipment is designed to be used by outdoors enthusiasts. Night Owl's night vision devices (NVDS) include things like head mountable goggles, easy to carry monoculars and dual tube Gen 1 binoculars. The National Geographic series of binoculars and monoculars are one of their items.
How and where you use the night vision is the very first thing to consider when picking one of these devices. Viewing in dark conditions is greatly improved by Night owls NexGen monoculars. Other than a white light flash light, they might be your only alternative in total darkness. In woods with heavy undergrowth , they do a great job of exposing the things that hide there.
The best selling in the Night Owl Optics NexGen series are the 2x, 3x and 4x monoculars. The Galactic View NexGen GView extends the magnification out to 5x with a 60mm lens. The GView is for extended range viewing and stargazing. The Night Owl Marine 4x42 is a water proof version of the NexGen monoculars. This submersible monocular is suitable for boating, canoeing, or kayaking. The Night-Owl--3x42 Binocular, NOB3X is one of the best on on the market. The NOB3X has dual image tubes and improved multi-coated optics.
Night Owl goggles are light weight and have a simple push button release to detach them from their head mount or simply flip them up and out of the way. The NOBG1 goggle can used hands free. It is light weight and provides obstacle avoiding depth perception.
Monocular, binocular or goggle, Gen 1 devices are the most inexpensive and most available night vision devices in the consumer market. Consumer Gen 1 is Night Owls specialty. All of their equipment is made to brighten and boost image contrast in darker conditions with built in IR illumination.
Night time environments can be rich with near infrared light. NVDS are sensitive to this light but there are instances when just a little more is required.. This area of the light spectrum is invisible to the human eye and most animals. Apart from the tiresome red glow of the illuminator element, the IR light will still only be evident to another NVD and a few IR sensitive animals.
In general, the resolution of Night Owl image intensifier tubes operates between 32 and 36 lp/mm. This resolution is measured at the middle of the image. All Gen 1 night vision presents different degrees of distortion as you move from the middle of the image. Multi-coated optical glass which is designed to compensate for much of the Gen 1 edge distortion is made use of in all of these NVDS.
Their generation 1 devices are high quality, versatile and the prices are some of the best out there.
