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EDIT: I feel pretty strongly that the videos don't do justice to the unit. In real time, the image is pretty darn clear. It's certainly not a $3,000 PVS setup, but I wouldn't expect it to be at the ~$500 price tag.
I picked this up a couple weeks ago and have just started messing around with it. First impressions are that it's a heck of a value for the $$ spent. I paid a few dollars more than I needed to because the seller - Kenzie Optics - spent some time with me and let me fondle it at the gun show. Rather than run home and save $40 at Amazon, I bought it right then and there.
It's easy to use, easy to set up. I still need to figure out some of the settings, but I really haven't done a deep dive into it. All 3 videos below were shot tonight between 10:30-11:30 pm. Overcast night with some ambient light from living in a neighborhood, but really rather dark.
I had not played with the video settings much, so when I watched back the first 2 videos my impression was "this is not a good representation, this looked much better live". I found I was recording at 30 frames per second. I bumped that up to 60 fps and took another short video. That video is a lot closer to what you actually see, but still not as crisp as the viewfinder.
30fps videos
This first one was shot with the SiOnyx mounted to the rifle with the included riser mount. My plan is to get a helmet mount, but that's still in transit. Unfortunately, the mount is low enough that the laser designator fills a good part of the image. Again, shot at 30fps.
For the second video, still at 30 fps, I removed the camera and designator from the rifle and just went hand held. You get a bit better idea about the field of view, clarity, etc. It is interesting that the laser 'beam' is more visible this way. IN the first video where both were mounted essentially in line, all you see is the dot.
And finally, a quick video with the frame rate set to 60fps. Unfortunately we'd started getting a decent amount of rain, so it's not a true apples to apples with the previous videos. And, it's still on only 720p, so the resolution isn't the best, but it's pretty darn good for a ~$500 camera.
When I get my helmet mount and get to the range, I'll review the Perst-4 laser designator as well, but so far that thing is freaking incredible.
I picked this up a couple weeks ago and have just started messing around with it. First impressions are that it's a heck of a value for the $$ spent. I paid a few dollars more than I needed to because the seller - Kenzie Optics - spent some time with me and let me fondle it at the gun show. Rather than run home and save $40 at Amazon, I bought it right then and there.
It's easy to use, easy to set up. I still need to figure out some of the settings, but I really haven't done a deep dive into it. All 3 videos below were shot tonight between 10:30-11:30 pm. Overcast night with some ambient light from living in a neighborhood, but really rather dark.
I had not played with the video settings much, so when I watched back the first 2 videos my impression was "this is not a good representation, this looked much better live". I found I was recording at 30 frames per second. I bumped that up to 60 fps and took another short video. That video is a lot closer to what you actually see, but still not as crisp as the viewfinder.
30fps videos
This first one was shot with the SiOnyx mounted to the rifle with the included riser mount. My plan is to get a helmet mount, but that's still in transit. Unfortunately, the mount is low enough that the laser designator fills a good part of the image. Again, shot at 30fps.
For the second video, still at 30 fps, I removed the camera and designator from the rifle and just went hand held. You get a bit better idea about the field of view, clarity, etc. It is interesting that the laser 'beam' is more visible this way. IN the first video where both were mounted essentially in line, all you see is the dot.
And finally, a quick video with the frame rate set to 60fps. Unfortunately we'd started getting a decent amount of rain, so it's not a true apples to apples with the previous videos. And, it's still on only 720p, so the resolution isn't the best, but it's pretty darn good for a ~$500 camera.
When I get my helmet mount and get to the range, I'll review the Perst-4 laser designator as well, but so far that thing is freaking incredible.
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