September 2007
4 posts
How to choose binoculars
Be it night vision or day use, binoculars consist of two telescopes mounted together that make images appear closer. It is wrong to say that they increase images: binoculars and telescopes shorten distances. Let me give you one example: if you see the moon through binoculars, do you think the moon appears bigger than it really is? No way, the moon is huge. You see it bigger than with your bare...
How Night Vision Binoculars Work
Did you imagine that night vision binoculars or scopes are just devices through which you see the night images? Well, you were wrong. Night vision devices capture the light, then project it on a phosphorus screen which has the effect of amplifying it.
This is actually what we really see when we look through such devices: the amplified projection of the real image, magnified by the eye piece....
Possible uses for night vision binoculars
What you can do with a pair of night vision binoculars? Don’t tell me you can see at night. This is obvious. But what and why would somebody want to see in the dark? Let’s see:
1. Night birds watching. If you are going for this, then you won’t need the possibility to zoom, so a fixed focus choice like this BUSHNELL 26 0400 Night Vision Binoculars 26 0400 would be best...
Night vision binoculars and bird watching
Night vision binoculars are a must have in the arsenal of a serious bird watcher. I always liked to watch two kinds of birds: the ones with strong color feathers and the night birds. I’m fascinated by owls, I like their yellow eyes and their way of moving their heads. Unfortunately, my night vision is not great (I’m human, you know), so many times it was very hard to focus the sight on...