Here is 400 yards in my scope , I went to a shopping plaza -ATN THOR 5X50

Looks decent to me.

Though probably should choose something different to put the reticle on.

Lol turns everyone into Sasquatch!

I am trying to figure this atn thor out , I am not having best luck , here is my best image quality this is 400 yards and yes I did input date wrong lol , it records to micro sd , movies seem to be 20 megs each must be default I donno

, does this look the way it should ?????? I am having problems with the focus knob it is maxed out weather i look 100 yards or 1 mile , they told me I can pick up a man or deer at 2500 yds I think I need to call and be walked threw some sub menus ,I think things like contrast is big deal , i have it set on auTO , ALSO I CAN GET IT TO ZOOM 5-20 BUT IT IS CALLED 5-50 ANYONE KNOW HOW TO USE IT ? LOU



https://www.dropbox.com/s/xhggljorzblzqa8/ATNX0006.MOV?dl=0

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I do LWIR as a hobby, looks correct to me. I believe these use a FLIR Tau core or something very close; uncooled microblotter I believe -- I didn't watch the video too closely but I assume you've got the ITAR 30Hz version. What resolution did you go with -- I don't believe that's 640x480 but probably close to 384x288.

Remember that with LWIR there's a lot of things that can influence the quality and precision of the image, one of which is a good thermal gradient. A hot asphalt parking lot in the Spring may or may not be the best. You'll want a good temperature contrast.

I believe these all use a digital zoom with a fixed optical FOV. The more zoom you do the more artifacts and pixelation you see despite what I assume is some near-neighbor smoothing.

Anyway, hope that helped. If you really want to get into the technical weeds of the scope post it over at https://www.eevblog.com/forum/thermal-imaging/ and there's a few members there who far exceed my hobby level expertise with LWIR.