Posted By: HuntTXhogs
Feedback to provide scope makers regarding HUNTING with color palettes / image filters - 08/12/14 10:57 PM
I am interested in obtaining feedback from users/owners of optics which have color palette options for viewing and taking Hogs and other small varmints.
My main target group for the poll and this thread is Hunters and not necessarily Mil/Leo use or non-use of color filters for video/viewing images.
I would like to let this thread run for two months in duration before I engage scope/optic manufacturers with the data/input from field users.
Along with taking the poll, for which I have afforded you 3 choices, select the 3 that you think or know would be of benefit in a hunting situation and explain or provide photos videos that support your use of or desire to see a color implemented.
I have limited this thread and discussion to SOLID color palettes, there are countless others currently available on scopes but to me they are too busy and degrade the images and cause pre-mature eye fatigue. IF need be a separate thread for "skittle palettes" will be run based on feedback to this data call.
All right, the information that I am interested in getting input on is as follows:
Here are a few videos of the SEPIA color palette, PLEASE upload additional videos of viewing game or hunting in a SOLID color palette to this thread so that we can all take in a different view of the world and educate ourselves to positive or negative outcomes of image filter use. NOTE: IF YOU MANIPULATE a black/white hot video via a software program to demonstrate other solid color profiles please be sure that you indicate this to viewers of the video, we don't want people thinking something exists when in fact it isn't a true representation of a video or image off of a scope.
This may at first be limited to thermal imagers (TI) but I am confident that digital scopes and optics will begin to employ these color palettes in the future.
THANKS!
VIDEO SAMPLES:
Hog Hunting with an ATN TI - beginning and middle of video (NOT MY VIDEO)
Raccoons at 100 yards with an Armasight Zeus 3 TI
My main target group for the poll and this thread is Hunters and not necessarily Mil/Leo use or non-use of color filters for video/viewing images.
I would like to let this thread run for two months in duration before I engage scope/optic manufacturers with the data/input from field users.
Along with taking the poll, for which I have afforded you 3 choices, select the 3 that you think or know would be of benefit in a hunting situation and explain or provide photos videos that support your use of or desire to see a color implemented.
I have limited this thread and discussion to SOLID color palettes, there are countless others currently available on scopes but to me they are too busy and degrade the images and cause pre-mature eye fatigue. IF need be a separate thread for "skittle palettes" will be run based on feedback to this data call.
All right, the information that I am interested in getting input on is as follows:
- Do you ordinarily hunt in black hot or white hot mode and why do you choose one over the other?
- When using color palettes in a certain given color do you experience eye strain or fatigue any differently than with black or white hot?
- With the use of solid color palettes do you notice a positive or negative effect on image quality overall, i.e. contrast between target and color edge and/or surroundings (trees/grass/structures)
- Would you buy a particular scope if it offered a color palette that you preferred in addition to black/white hot and that isn't offered by another scope maker. In other words is this a feature that you factor into a purchase decision (low/med/high priority)
- Do you agree that solid color palettes are more beneficial that multi-colored options specific to a hunting or spotting scenario?
Here are a few videos of the SEPIA color palette, PLEASE upload additional videos of viewing game or hunting in a SOLID color palette to this thread so that we can all take in a different view of the world and educate ourselves to positive or negative outcomes of image filter use. NOTE: IF YOU MANIPULATE a black/white hot video via a software program to demonstrate other solid color profiles please be sure that you indicate this to viewers of the video, we don't want people thinking something exists when in fact it isn't a true representation of a video or image off of a scope.
This may at first be limited to thermal imagers (TI) but I am confident that digital scopes and optics will begin to employ these color palettes in the future.
THANKS!
VIDEO SAMPLES:
Hog Hunting with an ATN TI - beginning and middle of video (NOT MY VIDEO)
Raccoons at 100 yards with an Armasight Zeus 3 TI