Fixed mag and wide lenses have better light transmission than CCTV zoom lenses at anything above minimum zoom - which makes them much more useful for ambient light performance that is beneficial for covert spotting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcUlDE_ ... -OWKFJadkw
No expense is spared on my standard spotter builds - only the very best E700 camera is used rather than the cheaper but similar sounding ones that cost about half as much and perform much less without an illuminator. There is less difference when an illuminator is used but that is much easier for nocturnal quarry to spot your presence.
The lens adaptor is screwed to the battery/screen box rather than relying on glue to hold a heavy lens that is likely to get an occasional knock.
The long thin neck of the E700 camera body has the 'some bloke' improvement - it is milled back to ensure all of the nice wide lens SLR rear glass element see's all of the CCD sensor:
Or with the screen re-located inside your shooting truck - this one is fixed with a camera suction mount and has a DVR velcro'd to the side of the custom made battery/monitor pod:
You can expect to see this image quality on a night with decent moon & scattered clouds But with a larger field of view because this was done with a 75mm lens - also F1.4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMrHaSIfeUY
And this is the massive help you get from a quality camera equipped spotter when its foggy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nPsp8jB5g
This is how you remove the monitor to change the batteries after three hours constant run time if they are quality 18650 cells:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IliQEYhBqJk
Price with a KTC E700 camera inside is £220. CURRENTLY SOLD OUT.
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