Full Color Night Vision

[alamo5000]

"SPI, a Las Vegas-based company, has developed a revolutionary night vision sensor called the X27. But what makes the X27 so advanced? Well, just to begin with, this ultra-sensitive sensor is able to shoot both ordinary images during the day as well as full-color night-vision images."

Link is listed below.


http://tribunist.com/technology/this...-forces-video/

[alamo5000]

[alamo5000]

[FortTom]

Wow! Wish I could get my hands on one of those!

[alamo5000]

Wow! Wish I could get my hands on one of those!

Rumor has it that thing costs around 30 grand. Pretty steep but fun to discuss.

[gatordev]

Rumor has it that thing costs around 30 grand. Pretty steep but fun to discuss.

With GPNVG-18s costing between $30K-40K, that's a very good price. I wouldn't be surprised if this has some optical limitations. It would be interesting to know if you can adjust this on the fly in the field or if it has to be set up on test box first, like the -18s.

I'm also not real clear on how it handles heat. It apparently picks up near-IR (given the strobes), so what does it look like when looking at exhaust or incompatible lighting (which was noticeably missing in the video)? I'm guessing the image would deteriorate a bit. But probably no more than OMNI VIs or better.

[alamo5000]

With GPNVG-18s costing between $30K-40K, that's a very good price. I wouldn't be surprised if this has some optical limitations. It would be interesting to know if you can adjust this on the fly in the field or if it has to be set up on test box first, like the -18s.

I'm also not real clear on how it handles heat. It apparently picks up near-IR (given the strobes), so what does it look like when looking at exhaust or incompatible lighting (which was noticeably missing in the video)? I'm guessing the image would deteriorate a bit. But probably no more than OMNI VIs or better.

I am guessing about that price based on my friend Google's speculative friends that were posting

BTW which video did you watch? The first was kind of simple. The second one did a lot more comparison. In that second one they did daytime and night time and even pointed the thing directly into the sun. Skip to 7:07 in the second video.

[alamo5000]

That second video there is really impressive.

[Joelski]

I want it in quad tube, wide aspect. Boy is Santa going to be pissed this year!!!

[FortTom]

We buy two 750ml bottles of super fine bourbon, tell Gatordev it's his birthday, get him drunk, then steal his
30-40K? Problem solved!.
FT

[alamo5000]

We buy two 750ml bottles of super fine bourbon, tell Gatordev it's his birthday, get him drunk, then steal his
30-40K? Problem solved!.
FT

I'm in! Let's get this party started!!

[gatordev]

We buy two 750ml bottles of super fine bourbon, tell Gatordev it's his birthday, get him drunk, then steal his
FT

Scotch, my friend. Scotch. And I don't have GPNVG-18s. I don't even get to use OMNI-VIs unless they've accidentally trickled into the supply system (which is slowly happening).