figured I'd post something I did myself..... well actually I read about it on the internets and then did it...lol...
anywho... here is my poorman's night vision. was gonna be for my air rifle for pigeons in the top of the barn... but now its on my .22 ruger...
fuzzy picture of a deer 5 feet ahead of me....
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152178961500353&l=4289969417489686781
well basiclly it is a CCTV camera with IR.. removed IR leds from the camera, replaced the board lens with a 16mm. took a pipe adapter and ran it through my table saw a few times the the hose clamps actually squeeze in on the pipe and holds the camera in one end.. and a scope cap in the other that slides onto the end of my bushnell 1.5-4.5 nicely. the 3.5" ttf screen is just held on with electrical tape.... seems to be holding up... and the stock bag holds a 12v 6500mah lipo battery. From it is a 1-2 power spliter that feeds the camera, and the tv. on the front of the rifle is a cree IR flashlight. I plan on changing my mount from a single weaver to a quad rail so I can run my smallsun led light on the other side in case I need real light out in the barn....
The 16mm lens focused in on the cross hairs a bit too much... a 9-12 would of been a better choice I figure. I've added a green film over the TV since the video was made... I read that the green is easier on the eye and it also takes some of the shine off my face.. even with the brightness turned down... and if the zombie apocalypse arises.. the screen can be tilted for shooting around corners which might be nice for some unknown reason.. The entire setup can be installed/removed in about 30 seconds including the IR light.
anywho... here is my poorman's night vision. was gonna be for my air rifle for pigeons in the top of the barn... but now its on my .22 ruger...
fuzzy picture of a deer 5 feet ahead of me....
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152178961500353&l=4289969417489686781
well basiclly it is a CCTV camera with IR.. removed IR leds from the camera, replaced the board lens with a 16mm. took a pipe adapter and ran it through my table saw a few times the the hose clamps actually squeeze in on the pipe and holds the camera in one end.. and a scope cap in the other that slides onto the end of my bushnell 1.5-4.5 nicely. the 3.5" ttf screen is just held on with electrical tape.... seems to be holding up... and the stock bag holds a 12v 6500mah lipo battery. From it is a 1-2 power spliter that feeds the camera, and the tv. on the front of the rifle is a cree IR flashlight. I plan on changing my mount from a single weaver to a quad rail so I can run my smallsun led light on the other side in case I need real light out in the barn....
The 16mm lens focused in on the cross hairs a bit too much... a 9-12 would of been a better choice I figure. I've added a green film over the TV since the video was made... I read that the green is easier on the eye and it also takes some of the shine off my face.. even with the brightness turned down... and if the zombie apocalypse arises.. the screen can be tilted for shooting around corners which might be nice for some unknown reason.. The entire setup can be installed/removed in about 30 seconds including the IR light.