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| I think we're all a bit worried at some of our uglier shots being recorded and ending up in Saeeds video hall of shame.
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| Just looked it up, VGA quality video is not good, that's the quality of an older model cell phones, I wouldn't count on being able to see any detail really. Good idea, but I'd save your money. Love shooting precision and long range. Big bores too! Recent college grad, started a company called MK Machining where I'm developing a bullpup rifle chassis system.  |
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| Money already spent. I have taken some video of my office which only 33 ft from one end to the other. I am going to try to get out this weekend and do some from the scope on the bench. The pictures of the office are not bad for the cost. |
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| I wonder if these things a worth a darn in low light?
I suspect a traditional quality scope still wins in low light by a large margin.
But what do I know. Now that you have one in hand I'd be interested in your opinion on this. |
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| TheBigGuy, these mount on top of the scope just to video the action. I am sure it will not be as good as some one else shooting the video, as the recoil will take you off the shot, but it will show the action just prior to the shot. The storage is 30 minutes and can be down loaded to your computer. I am taking a laptop for the first time to keep my journal on and also to be able to down load my pictures and video as I go along. It will be interesting. I am doing a tuckless cow hunt along with a few of the pygmy antelope and hopefully a Hippo and Croc. |
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| quote: Originally posted by Die Ou Jagter:
TheBigGuy, these mount on top of the scope just to video the action. I am sure it will not be as good as some one else shooting the video, as the recoil will take you off the shot, but it will show the action just prior to the shot. The storage is 30 minutes and can be down loaded to your computer. I am taking a laptop for the first time to keep my journal on and also to be able to down load my pictures and video as I go along. It will be interesting. I am doing a tuckless cow hunt along with a few of the pygmy antelope and hopefully a Hippo and Croc.
I understand the concept and purpose of the scope. You are in effect using a video camera as a scope. My experience with video cameras is that you may have plenty of huntable light in the field but the camera will show nothing but black. What I'm specifically interested in is this. Are you still going to be able to shoot that gun as the sun goes down or will it be a handicap that shortens your hunting day? |
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| OK one more time, the Videoscope is mounted on top of my Burris 1.5X6 scope. I use the Burris for the hunting and the videoscope only videos the action. There are two pieces of equipment mounted on the rifle. The video scope has 30 min capacity thus I turn it on in the very final stages of the stalk ie when the sticks are set up or a rest is taken. The video scope may not be able to record the sequence if it is too late in the evening or too early in the morning, but it will not effect my ability to use the rifle scope. |
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| Ok, I got it. Sometimes I'm a little thick. I missed what you explained before. Thanks for being patient.
So besides it being a little extra weight it's not really a handicap. Mounting it on top of the scope is certainly a better option than shooting through it.
Have you been able to determine what the pixel by pixel size is? (IE. 640x480) Do you know the frame speed? (EI. 30fps)
Bushnells website says VGA quality but that covers a pretty broad spectrum of video specifications.
I'm more interested now that I FINALLY understand it's a piggyback device. |
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| You have a pixel choice of 640x480 or 320x240 and you can set brightness for auto, daylight or cloudy. That is pretty much the variables. You can also pre set the on time of 1, 5 10 min or manual. I will post up what I get off the bench. Since it is digital I don't think there is a speed. |
| | | Posts: 5338 | Location: Bedford, Pa. USA | Registered: 23 February 2002 |
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| Once you get the file on your computer. You can open "My Computer" find the video file. [Right Click] on it. Select the "properties" option. Click on the "Summary" tab and you will have all the data on the kind of video file. (pixel size, color depth, frame rate...)
I understand you may not have many options to adjust but I am curious what it actually is. |
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| Thanks, will do and let youknow. |
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| Hopefully it holds up to the recoil! Love shooting precision and long range. Big bores too! Recent college grad, started a company called MK Machining where I'm developing a bullpup rifle chassis system. |
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| Tyler, I have it mounted on the 416 Taylor and shot about 20 rounds under the scope and it is still working fine. That was a concern as they said it would handle 12 ga and 375 H&H. I don't know how it will handle the 12ga with 3 1/2 mag but will find out after I am back from Zim in Oct. |
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