With 2 fellow hunters, I was out all night, observing with the Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50, from the speeding car, until the batteries ran out .... Obviously it could be seen very well: we saw over 50 hares, 3 large foxes, many coypu (which you call small beavers); curly; mice; herons; egrets; cats; also 2 pheasants who slept in the trees to save themselves from foxes. With the minimum optical magnification of 2X the immediate detection (IDE) was great even from the car in motion ... truly fantastic even up to a mile away. When we detected a possible hare at a great distance .... the PID problem arose ... Was it a medium-sized hare or a large coypu? Using digital zoom up to 16X ... the image was grainy and PID impeded. On the other hand, with the Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 which has a minimum magnification of 3X .... the IDE in motion is more difficult, but the PID becomes easier.
In short, you can't have it all ...
With the large FOV and with a minimum 2X magnification you are very much at an advantage in the IDE even in fast motion, but the PID at a great distance becomes difficult. On the other hand, with minimum 3X magnification and narrow FOV you have difficulty in the IDE in motion, but then you are at an advantage in the PID.
What do you guys think? Is it better to privilege the IDE or the PID?
In short, you can't have it all ...
With the large FOV and with a minimum 2X magnification you are very much at an advantage in the IDE even in fast motion, but the PID at a great distance becomes difficult. On the other hand, with minimum 3X magnification and narrow FOV you have difficulty in the IDE in motion, but then you are at an advantage in the PID.
What do you guys think? Is it better to privilege the IDE or the PID?
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