I have this love for night vision and thought I'd share with you guys some comparison photos and a little review on a couple NV units.
A friend I got together to do some comparison shots between the D-300 and the PVS-14. I've had the D-300 in the Gen2 mil-spec version and the High Performance version. The HP version is much better than the MS version. As a comparison between the 3, the lp/mm is in the Gen3 range with the Gen2 HP, while the MS version is much lower. Here's the numbers
PVS-14 Gen3 lp/mm: 64-72
D-300 Gen2 HP lp/mm: 51-70
D-300 Gen2 MS lp/mm: 28-38
The first photos are a side by side comparison between the models. The PVS-14 is lighter as it has a plastic housing while the D-300 is aluminum. The D-300 also has about 1 inch in length over the PVS-14.
We took various photos to give an idea of the performance between the PVS-14 and the D-300 HP. Please note with these photos we didn't use any IR illumination.
The first sequence was taken in my basement with no lights. There was a little light coming from the upstairs level but with the naked eye, it was pitch black.
The first photo taken was obviously just black. The camera makes it darker than it was but not by much. Distance from me to the back wall is about 30'.
Basement
D-300 HP
PVS-14
Next group of shots were taken outside. There was a half moon with a light cloudy sky, lights from houses and buildings in the distance. My friend is standing in front of a tree up a hill about 100'.
Note: The photos with the PVS-14 are a little washed out at times. We didn't play with the gain at all and it was turned up all the way. I think we could have had better photos turning it down a bit.
D-300 HP
PVS-14
The following I used the camera's zoom because my buddy was giving some kind of hand gesture
D-300 HP
PVS-14
The next group he is somewhere in the 350-400' range for distance.
D-300 HP
PVS-14
The gain is up too high on the PVS-14 in the last one making it a little hard to see the target. The clear winner here though is the PVS-14. The PVS-14 is brighter and sharper in resolution.
When comparing price wise, the D-300 is $1000-1500 less than the PVS-14 so it does make it a worthy contender when factoring price. While the D-300 doesn't have the "legitness" that the PVS-14 offers, for the price the D-300 is the "best bang for the buck".
The D-300 also utilizes the same mounting hardware as the PVS-14. Both units can be weapon mounted or head mounted. Pair it with a sweet little IR laser and light and good times are endless.
A friend I got together to do some comparison shots between the D-300 and the PVS-14. I've had the D-300 in the Gen2 mil-spec version and the High Performance version. The HP version is much better than the MS version. As a comparison between the 3, the lp/mm is in the Gen3 range with the Gen2 HP, while the MS version is much lower. Here's the numbers
PVS-14 Gen3 lp/mm: 64-72
D-300 Gen2 HP lp/mm: 51-70
D-300 Gen2 MS lp/mm: 28-38
The first photos are a side by side comparison between the models. The PVS-14 is lighter as it has a plastic housing while the D-300 is aluminum. The D-300 also has about 1 inch in length over the PVS-14.
We took various photos to give an idea of the performance between the PVS-14 and the D-300 HP. Please note with these photos we didn't use any IR illumination.
The first sequence was taken in my basement with no lights. There was a little light coming from the upstairs level but with the naked eye, it was pitch black.
The first photo taken was obviously just black. The camera makes it darker than it was but not by much. Distance from me to the back wall is about 30'.
Basement
D-300 HP
PVS-14
Next group of shots were taken outside. There was a half moon with a light cloudy sky, lights from houses and buildings in the distance. My friend is standing in front of a tree up a hill about 100'.
Note: The photos with the PVS-14 are a little washed out at times. We didn't play with the gain at all and it was turned up all the way. I think we could have had better photos turning it down a bit.
D-300 HP
PVS-14
The following I used the camera's zoom because my buddy was giving some kind of hand gesture
D-300 HP
PVS-14
The next group he is somewhere in the 350-400' range for distance.
D-300 HP
PVS-14
The gain is up too high on the PVS-14 in the last one making it a little hard to see the target. The clear winner here though is the PVS-14. The PVS-14 is brighter and sharper in resolution.
When comparing price wise, the D-300 is $1000-1500 less than the PVS-14 so it does make it a worthy contender when factoring price. While the D-300 doesn't have the "legitness" that the PVS-14 offers, for the price the D-300 is the "best bang for the buck".
The D-300 also utilizes the same mounting hardware as the PVS-14. Both units can be weapon mounted or head mounted. Pair it with a sweet little IR laser and light and good times are endless.
