If we applied this same approach to other fields..,
Qualified dentists are getting rare, so it seems quality dental work is looking overrated as time goes on.
It seems rifles aren’t being made reliable or accurate anymore so it seems quality rifles are looking overrated as time goes on.
It seems aircraft aren’t being made safe anymore (maybe becoming true
) so safely standards in aviation are looking overrated as time goes on.
None of those are acceptable responses to failure in an industry.
Yes, shifting the screen addresses PART of the problem of inaccurate collimation. And yes, where necessary, I’ll employ this method.
But real actual physical collimation has existed with a pretty high degree of reliability for approximately 2 decades in both night vision and thermal clip ons. It’s no less attainable today.
If the new kids can’t reverse engineer those clip-ons, that doesn’t make real collimation any less superior. It just makes the new kids inferior.
We will have to make do with what the market gives us, but if we willingly accept a 2 decade regression in thermal technology, that’s exactly what we’re going to get.
***so as not to be a hypocrite I must admit that one of my backup clip ons is a screen adjusting Chyna (Trump pronunciation) doodad
I do agree having the ability to adjust can’t hurt so it should be there, I’m just not willing to accept that instead of real collimation.