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Night Vision Safran TAD
- Thread starter Dogtown
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I suppose it could if you stared at the same scene for long enough. I was constantly moving and/or panning, so the input was never constant.
Yes having a lot of extra brightness can be useful. I was running it at 12-14 last night but streetlights would overpower it so in a bright environment you would need to crank the brightness way higher. You also can’t run an iris very tight with it since it blocks the center of the objective lens so you can’t block out ambient light quite as well.
My TAD arrived in the afternoon way back when, and I couldn't wait until night to test it out. So I went into my garage and pulled the shades. Nothing. Is it working? Re-install battery. Nothing. Crank up the brightness...oh there it is! Faint at 45 even.
That is one weakness, I wish there was some kind of indicator that it is booting up so you don’t just sit there wondering why it won’t turn on when it’s already running on 3 Brightness. I guess maybe turn up the brightness to 25 before turning it off each time but that could be jarring next time you turn it on.
Making the auto-adjust brightness sensor actually work would be a nice touch. As far as i can tell, it doesn't do anything.
Anyone seeing really poor battery life with theirs? Twice now over the past week I’ve gone out with a fresh battery, used the TAD intermittently over the course of a 4-6 hour session, and gotten the battery low sequence. It’s almost as if it drains the battery when turned off just like it would if I was running the unit for the whole session. Seems odd.
I cannot speak to the TAD but all of the PAS 29's, E COTI's all sucked on the single CR 123 battery. Especially in cold weather and they have that dam low battery warning that you cannot dismiss which really intruded on the Par - Tee.
But Wigwamatus and Cory T solved that problem. Get a CUBA from SOK. Best dam money you will ever spend.
But Wigwamatus and Cory T solved that problem. Get a CUBA from SOK. Best dam money you will ever spend.
I’m getting an intermittent low battery warning with my external power setup. Granted, it’s powering both my TAD (via SOK adapter) and my DTNVS (via Alamo NV GDPC), but that seems unlikely since analog I^2 devices hardly pull any juice. Not sure if it’s a power source issue with my Voltaic V25 or something else.
Take a voltmeter and check how many volts you are getting out of the Tad external cable. Probably should be around 3.2 to 3.6 volts. If less than 3.2 volts is coming out of the Tad external cable, it would then be a external powering issue.
Don't know if anyone else got an email directly from Safran about getting their TAD reprogrammed via voluntary RMA. I already have mine in the mail.
