Thermal Tips & Tricks for Beginners

[@_Art.Vandelay]

Thermal is cool but can it see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

[@DrGamingDude]

So you're a importer/exporter?

[@jaydenbrown2852]

I foresee ramen dietary tendencies in the future…

[@sbreheny]

The periodic calibration is not because the sensor gets "overloaded" - it's because the temperature of the sensor has changed. Each pixel in the sensor has a response which depends on the temperature of the sensor. When the temperature changes, the sensor needs to look at a known uniform target (e.g. the shutter or the lens cap) to re-adjust the offset of each pixel. Once the unit has warmed up, as long as the ambient temperature doesn't change much, there should be less and less need for recalibration. I have a FLIR E50 industrial thermal camera and it does about 5 calibrations in the first few minutes after power-up, then another 2 or 3 within the next half hour, and then it pretty much doesn't do any more.

[@thomaseric8662]

Neat

[@Hoplopfheil]

A convenient colloquial way to refer to this would be "overload."

[@sbreheny]

@@Hoplopfheil To my ear, "overload" implies that it depends on the input (like you used the sensor to look at something that was really hot). This effect (changing temperature of the sensor) happens regardless of what you are looking at.

[@Enjoyer.762]

Making the rent or mortgage payments vs buying thermal and still getting drone striked in the end.

[@0v417]

drone striked my buddy’s sister last night 🤣 shouldn’t have passed out on the couch 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@SolarGeneral]

@@0v417wtf

[@thomaseric8662]

The algorithm requires engagement

[@AndyCigars]

Two Nova Group posts from Hop in 1 day? Someone’s bucking for a promotion. 😉

[@corneliuspeeples7192]

Reactive thermal targets are incredibly important. The reality is all targets that you need to train for, whether it's military, law-enforcement, hunting will be hot and thermal is incredibly useful for this. I have been working with a company called IR Tools on a heated steel target. I have been working with a prototype that is excellent and having audible confirmation of a hit from longer distances, up to hundreds of yards immediately at night is extremely useful and really demonstrates the utility of a thermal rifle scope.

[@drtyhay]

Hop talking thermals? Sign me up.(I'll probably finally get one within the next decade, maybe)

[@MrCashewkitty]

If you want to keep it going all night, you've got to be careful how you use it....truer words. Truer words.😂

[@calebw7177]

Love my v1 rattler it’s been going strong for 3 years now. (It’s a 384) but I supplemented it with a pulsar hand held 640 with a range finder. Often over looked but being able to range find at night is extremely powerful.

[@jrossnjax7]

Let's see more videos on V2 please! I just picked one up and love it. Cool that they give you 2 batteries and charger. 👍

[@GldenRetriever]

One of the few things I loved about my heavy large ass PAS-13b (HMG model) was that it was a cooled model, so no NUCing.

[@jonahsutton6775]

'Aw yes, this video is very helpful'😮 -me, with literally only a white light

[@Estop117]

I don't mean to brag, but I don't even have a white light... poverty tier shooter here hahaha

[@thomaseric8662]

You have a light?

[@Estop117]

@thomaseric8662 not a weapon mounted one... no... I only have cheap handheld flashlights...

[@Slivyr]

A blessing from the lord!

[@kgchrome]

i just wish thermal scopes would flash a warning icon just before the calibration. if you are about to shoot, you can opt to pause for the upcoming calibration.

[@AGMusa]

Hop tips & info is best tips & info

[@novagroup2]

Indeed, basically gun ASMR Also I cannot read your tag as anything other than AG Musa. -Brass

[@jurpo6]

Tell us about your SLR rifle

[@Shimitzu]

I don't have thermals (yet) but what if you take an emergency blanket or tin foil and place it at an angle so it reflects the sky - wouldn't that be visible enough?

[@quetzocotal36]

If you have sunlight, you can actually just use black and white paper. The black absorbs more heat and will be visible. You don't really need anything fancy.

[@thegolflife7565]

Just curious why did you get this over the Nox35, other NVision device?

[@GldenRetriever]

The biggest problem with using a thermal for FoF is replacing the lenses are stupid expensive and germanium (you know, one of the few glass materials thermals can see through) sacrificial lenses aren't all that common or cheap depending on the thermal unit. Some companies make killflashes, but those decently degrade your image. And no, you can't just slap a piece of plexiglass or polycarbonate infront of your thermal lol (unless you just wanted to make the optic worthless).

[@baikal9268]

I've been having trouble with the image "ghosting" sometimes like seen in 1:32. Any tips how to get rid of it? Am i doing something wrong?

[@Hoplopfheil]

You're doing a manual calibration with the lens cap off. Either do semi auto or auto calibration, or close the lens cap every time you calibrate.

[@SMACK1978]

I just take some black and white silhouette or grid targets and leave them in the sun for a few min. The black heats up and the white doesn’t. Voila, insta thermal target

[@ColonelEagle]

Who's that grey cat?

[@cyryl6833]

Ofcourse both thermal and nvg are what you should have but if it comes to weapon, thermal sight is way more useful than using nvg (or IR laser) for aiming.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

But not as good at IDing targets or range.

[@cyryl6833]

@@sinisterthoughts2896 You can't ID something you can't detect

[@Black_Heart_Defense]

What do we have here??

[@N238E]

Screw this. Get yourself an AK and a sling. Spend the rest of your money on ammo and just TRAIN. Hit the gym.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

AK's cost more than an AR these days and the ammo is no longer dirt cheap.

[@N238E]

@@sinisterthoughts2896 AK or AR, doesn't matter. The point is train. Most people seem to be toy collectors.

[@TrentFalkenrath]

Bought gun and gear, now to see if I have enough left over for rent...