Re: Another Skunkworks RECON-Pic Heavy
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bacarrat</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skunkworks</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bacarrat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mike or anyone else, is the BO EFR adjustable in height to accommodate for different scopes heights for the PVS22. I have been playing around with a couple in the past 2 weeks and one had a Larue style mount and the other had some other kind of QD mount on it. And switching around from different platforms, it seemed that the better the PVS and the scope are aligned the cleaner the picture through the PVS. </div></div>
Bacarrat,
The elevation on the EFR is fixed. The PVS22 that I'm using has a height (from the surface that sits on the EFR to the center of the tube) of 1.5" and I find that I have to be rather choosey when it comes to the ring height. Otherwise, the pixelation that you noticed can be rather bothersome.
The other thing that will affect sight picture through your PVS is if you're using a magnification setting that is too high. IIRC, the 14X to 16X range will be the max with most NV devices and mags higher than that you start to lose resolution....It's been a couple of years since I conducted the tests though and I may be a little off on my numbers.... </div></div>
Yep, I would agree. We were playing around with a couple different rifles tonight and it was pixelating on the 22x NF. It wasn't really setup correctly as the scope sat a little lower then the PVS22. We can still see through it. Then I temporary put a 3-15x50 NF on my MK12 with a Bobro 1.5 off set mount on it and it aligns almost perfectly. With the mag set at 15x, it was decent, but the further you go down on power it got way better. We then ran over to the 1k yard range, and I thought it was better at 1k then it was at 300 and 100 yards. I think it was because it was more open for light then the close in shorter ranges. For shits and grins we put the PVS22 in front of a 4x ACOG and damn, that thing is clear!
Sorry to throw your thread off-track.
Back to your regularly scheduled program.
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Not to worry, it's all related as far as I'm concerned....
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Optimal power with a piece of NV is around 8X, I wouldn't want to be much over 12X with any combination... you have to figure pupil exit with NV. You match the exit number with where our eye settle in at night.
You can't just max power it with NV, we're not built for it, which is why your ACOG looked great, the Exit Pupil was large enough to account for your eyes. </div></div>
This is exactly what I found in the testing. The platform you'll be getting pretty soon has a max power on the optic of 8X, and that's not by accident. Above that, the quality of the glass buys you a little, but it all comes down to exit pupil. The image intensifier in the NV is far more efficient than the human eye, and of course, it gets worse with age. Us guys over the age of 40 find that owning a large objective/high mag optic is a waste of money....The eye simply can't absorb that much light as the older you get the less pupil dialation you have....
