Originally Posted By: P&YI've been shocked how much better some thermal videos I've seen posted are compared to what I see through my scope. Especially videos posted using the same equipment. I had chalked it up to environmental conditions and/or settings. Along with the fact a lot of the videos are taken at much closer ranges than I typically see.
Well, I was visiting with my friend the other day and had kind of an epiphany. He said the videos were edited and I was duped! A light bulb came on and I felt pretty stupid. I don't know anything about how all the tech works ([beeep] I can't even post photos here) but know I can clean images up on my iphone. Now I'm feeling fairly confident these videos were "enhanced".
Curious on your thoughts?
I edit every single video I post, thermal or not. The problem your friend doesn't understand is somehow trying to manipulate a factor after the video has already been taken.
I have some of the most BADA$$ $hit anyone would ever see, 7 coyotes rolling in killing 5 of em, but guess what, my Manfrotto pan bar has a setting on each side of the handle, and one accidentally got pulled from AF to MF, so my 305 at the time was unfocused. There is no possible way I can ever fix that issue in an editing program, NO WAY, so no ones ever seen it. My F*** UP, My loss, bad deal.
Thermal is the same way, If you look as some of the video's I post, I'm not throwin a di** around saying look at how big mine is, but look at the range, look at the clarity, look at the focus that was constantly manipulated every step that Coyote took until it's death. Look at the Trijicon video we did that has like 70 million views, because of the time we took to actually show people what these units were capable of by recording through the eye piece... Who else did that? I guarantee if you tried it, it would be a one time deal then you'd say screw this...
Now with the clarity of onboard systems, and using a decent editing program that will render a video with optimal visual, not some windows movie maker program, PLUS the force multipliers of discipline, letting that Coyote get close, manipulating the focus, holding the weapon steady before and after a kill shot, waiting for atmospherics to be pristine during many hunts.
None of that is easy. But it's easy for someone to say it's all edited in. Same thing with lifting, Everyone wants the muscle, no one wants to do the work to get it, and then when they do, everyone tells you, your build is edited, to make them feel better about themselves.