wound assessment and treatment, as with monochromatic night
vision, blood can look the same as water. This system enables the
user to differentiate arterial from venous blood. Colour also can
allow bomb techs to see red, green, blue, and different colour wires,
components, and more. And then there are maritime uses (IP67
rated remember) where colour may be the key to knowing rather
than guessing. Wreck that $50k skiff and see how much your boss
wants to pay you!
the pair of Sports and mount (see below) than just a single gen
2 which it blows away. If there is any light I can actually identify
clothing colour and with the 1065nm illuminator I can slide in 100%
O dark not be noticed until too late. Lionsgear Solutions offers an
amazing mount and other accessories for your Sionyx NOD set up
via Wilcox and other mounts, along with lens covers protectors, eye
cups and more. Their dual NOD Machos mount is state of the art
military grade including the option to adjust for each eye alignment
individually and stainless steel hinges that lock at any given degree.
Sionyx also offers the smarter sibling the Black “Aurora” model
at US$800 that contains a Built-In Wi-Fi, GPS, Compass and by the
time of this article it should have the software update that allows
and adds Augmented Reality. So when looking into the camera, it
will show you where your base, objective and team members are,
their tag, how far away they are from you and their direction when
they are also running the Aurora black camera.
Last but not least, LEO and legal use? Since the Aurora black
camera records more information, colour, has a timestamp, and GPS
as well, it’s admissible as evidence!
SIONYX
Sport Version Features
• Sensor - Ultra-Low Light CMOS 1” (Yes 1”!)
• Near Moonless Starlight capable
• Colour or monochrome display
• Lens - f/1.4 Night, f/2 Twilight, /5.6 Day 16mm lens that
cannot be damaged by daylight in night mode.
• Video - 720p Mov
• FPS - 7.5, 15.24, 30, 60
• Photo - .9mp
• Shutter speeds - 1.5″, 1″, 1/2″, 1/4″, 1/7.5″, 1/15″, 1/30″,
1/60″, 1/120″,
• 1/240″, 1/480″, 1/1000″, 1/2000″, 1/4000″, 1/8000″
• Wifi - USB 2.0
• MicroSD 4 - 32GB
• Micro OLED Display
• IP67
• USB Rechargeable battery (swappable)
• IOS and Android app
• Remote Live View, Record, Download, Share
• Under 8oz and fits in the hand
• ITAR friendly
For more information please simply pay a visit to www.sionyx.com
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So what makes this system what it is? Cost? MSRP of US$399 as of
Nov 2019. A typical gen 2+ sees less and can cost over US$1,000+,
then at Gen 3 we get into 3 to 5 thousand US dollars and it is still
monochrome. While this individual unit cannot see as well in low
light as a gen 3 (very close though) it beats a gen 2 and with
a 1065IR illuminator that most gen 3 cannot see, it sees clearly.
We tested this out and all of our 850, 940 lasers and illuminators
worked well but the icing on the cake was the custom 1065
illuminator we tried. It was able to see clearly while the pvs14 we
had could barely make out it was used. A Tactical advantage for CQB
operations and stealth as we all know from when Kevin turned on
his 940 illuminator; RIP Kevin! Then there is ITAR; how many times
have you left only to return and have your fancy toys taken due to
ITAR? No? OK, well some of us have. Haha. This is not on ITAR and is
sold worldwide to travel, so no issues.
Sionyx LLC is a sensor company with
over 40 patents. Their sensor can see
further into the IR spectrum than a PVS
or such.
Sionyx owns the technology and
controls the cost, and this keeps things
affordable and we can expect many
more great products soon from the
company. I wish I could say more but
company OPSEC says “soon”. Sionyx
was awarded $20M as part of the
army’s IVAS program for next general
digital NV though...
Can I wear these NOD style you may
well ask? Many want to know if it can
be worn head-mounted for NVG use.
The answer is yes, and they are even lighter than most NVG sets.
Although it does have a small amount of lag on the lowest settings
(I run mine at 30fps, night and -2.0 diopter and they are great, and
we are talking only 15ms versus the eye at 10ms) and the field
of view is a tad smaller but after running this in a dual nod setup
in our shoot house, I have come to love this set. It is cheaper for
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