30-6 Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I have one of Lidl's night vision monocular with a built in small infra red light. I have been using this for spotting rabbits, then shooting with a Deben Mini scope mounted light. If i shone a lamp with an infra red filter or a red filter while spotting, would this improve the night vision a lot, or is the monocular got a limit to what it can do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I have one of Lidl's night vision monocular with a built in small infra red light. I have been using this for spotting rabbits, then shooting with a Deben Mini scope mounted light. If i shone a lamp with an infra red filter or a red filter while spotting, would this improve the night vision a lot, or is the monocular got a limit to what it can do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadioles Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I have one of Lidl's night vision monocular with a built in small infra red light. I have been using this for spotting rabbits, then shooting with a Deben Mini scope mounted light. If i shone a lamp with an infra red filter or a red filter while spotting, would this improve the night vision a lot, or is the monocular got a limit to what it can do ? The more light you can give it the better but even an IR filter for a scope light can be expensive and you could easily pay well over 100 quid (way way over) for a decent laser illuminator. The light on the monocular is really only good for a few yards. Experiment a bit. I just bought a NV addon (Pulsar) and was surprised at how good it is but it still needs supplementary light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 The more light you can give it the better but even an IR filter for a scope light can be expensive and you could easily pay well over 100 quid (way way over) for a decent laser illuminator. The light on the monocular is really only good for a few yards. Experiment a bit. I just bought a NV addon (Pulsar) and was surprised at how good it is but it still needs supplementary light. £100 nah get some of this and make your own using your torch, lightforce, or whatever, good stuff. KW http://www.alanaecology.com/wildlife/Infrared_Filter_Sheets.html#aIFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I'm on iPhone at mo so pain to lookup, but I've posted Before what Perspex you need to build your own cheap as chips ir filter... Search Perspex filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Infrared material is also available to buy on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 There is a company on the bay who will cut 3mm & 5mm IR perspex to any size or shape you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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