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Post by beastofburden on Sept 3, 2017 14:17:57 GMT -8
I just got back from my 1st hunt with this digital scope... I wanted this scope for one purpose... Prairie Dog shooting with option of video recording the kills. Not hunting bigger stuff like hogs or deer, just controlling the very small varmint pests. Trying to scan the field to locate these little guys with the digital scope zoomed up is so pixelated there is no way to spot them from the ground cover. (100-150yds. ranges). The recordings of shots were so disrupted from the recoil you couldn't see the actual hit just the results and not clearly. For my intended use the digital scope is too low of megapixels.
These issues probably would not be a big deal when hunting larger game animals. (especially at night) Probably not an issue with air rifles on small animals at close range. It just was a mistake I made for what I needed it to do. Now it will be there incase Armageddon comes & I need a night-time personal defense weapon. I'll have to chalk this up to trial & error.
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Post by wheels on Sept 4, 2017 2:51:32 GMT -8
What calibre rifle are you using?
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Post by aarons on Sept 4, 2017 9:10:55 GMT -8
Not to sure what to say. I can see things like a chipmunk at 100 yards with no problem. I do not use my 5-20 at 1080, I use 720 (will not work for the night vision option, or video recording). I get a much better view at the 720 setting, but again no video recording in this mode. So I would say give the 720 setting a try, and see if it helps. Now as far as the recoil screwing up videos, I have nothing. My .223 has very low recoil, and will not set off the RAV function. That said, if I do turn on the video recorder and just let it run, I have never seen any big recoil issue. As "wheels" asked, just what round are you shooting? Don't give up yet.
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Post by wheels on Sept 4, 2017 20:38:05 GMT -8
I tried to upload some videos, but it did not work. I use a .222 and it works great. You get impact shots with guts flying all over. We have similar size animals called a 'dassie' and I regularly shoot at 150m with a 3x14 at 9x zoom. Only when I use the 30'' bipod to shoot over some bushes, I get a jump and temporarily loses my target. Even shot a crow at 220m, but at +-20×zoom, heavily pixilated, but could still see the feathers fly. On the bigger rifles the recoil is a problem. One of the guys here manufacture a silencer with a muzzle break to keep the rifle more stable.
I also would have thought that the image would be better and clearer as in the advert. Some smartphones have excellent camera and video capabilities and I think they could have done better. Only the airgunners can use this scope and get very clear images because of the range. Only drawback is the minimum range.
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Post by beastofburden on Sept 6, 2017 13:28:14 GMT -8
My AR 15 is set-up with a 24" bull barrel shooting 50gr. .223 varmint ammo. I scan the area with binoculars, find the area of the dawg then when I look through the scope to scan that area the pixilation at the x12 to x14 power really makes it difficult to find the little guy in the ground cover. Not as big a problem if the guy stands nicely on a dirt mound (most don't after hearing the first shot). I'll keep this for other purposes but not another prairie dawg trip. I only go twice a year & it's an 8-hour drive one way. Not going to risk another dawg hunt on the digital scope set-up. (I've gone without videos before, the experience is more important to me.)
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Post by wheels on Sept 6, 2017 20:52:20 GMT -8
I agree with the video recording, the novelty wears off after a while. But it is still a nice to have.
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Post by beastofburden on Sept 7, 2017 20:59:42 GMT -8
Not to sure what to say. I can see things like a chipmunk at 100 yards with no problem. I do not use my 5-20 at 1080, I use 720 (will not work for the night vision option, or video recording). I get a much better view at the 720 setting, but again no video recording in this mode. So I would say give the 720 setting a try, and see if it helps. Now as far as the recoil screwing up videos, I have nothing. My .223 has very low recoil, and will not set off the RAV function. That said, if I do turn on the video recorder and just let it run, I have never seen any big recoil issue. As "wheels" asked, just what round are you shooting? Don't give up yet. AS I'm not saying I can't see & hit the prairie dawg with this digital zoomed-up image, the issue is the process of scanning the area to locate the little guy. With an optical scope zoomed-up and scanning the general area the dawgs are more able to be discerned from the various ground cover patches. The pixelated image of the zoomed-up digital scope is much harder to see the difference between the dawg & similar colored/shaped ground cover patches. This would not be a problem with larger/taller game... just these little camouflage guys down into the grasses. When I did find them I didn't have a problem getting the cross hairs on them & hitting them... just finding them. If I have a chance to hunt hogs or deer I'll try this scope again. It still has very good features for the money.
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