Learn Compare Choose. The Ultimate Purchasing Guide: Night Vision and Thermal Imaging Systems. Exclusively prepared by General Starlight Company Inc.

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1 Learn Compare Choose The Ultimate Purchasing Guide: Night Vision and Thermal Imaging Systems Exclusively prepared by General Starlight Company Inc.

2 Who is this Guide designed for? What does this Guide do?

3 Why use this Guide?

4 What s covered in this Guide?

5 What s covered in this Guide?

6 Part I. General Characteristics Lens F-number

7 Part I. General Characteristics: Lens f-number compare yourself! f/1.3 f/1.0

8 Part I. General Characteristics: Lens f-number Low f-number. What does it give me? High sensitivity, sharp and crisp image. Longer Detection, Recognition, Identification Ranges Increased size and weight. More expensive.

9 Part I. General Characteristics Optical and Digital Zoom

10 Part I. General Characteristics: Optical and Digital Zoom Compare yourself!

11 Part I. General Characteristics: Optical and Digital Zoom Crisp and ultimately sharp image at all times No image quality loss Longer Detection/Recognition/Identification Ranges Increased size and weight. More expensive. No additional parts. Preserves size and weight. Implementing involves no cost High values cause significant image quality degradation

12 Part I. General Characteristics: Optical and Digital Zoom

13 Part I. General Characteristics Field of view

14 Part I. General Characteristics: Field of view Compare yourself!

15 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems FPA Resolution Thermal Sensitivity Refresh Rate Monochrome or Colour Manual Gain Control Detection, Recognition, Identification

16 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems FPA Resolution

17 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: FPA Resolution Compare yourself!

18 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: FPA Resolution 160x x x x x x x x x x480

19 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems Thermal Sensitivity

20 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: Thermal sensitivity Overall Sensitivity = Detector Sensitivity x Lens F-Number

21 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: Thermal Sensitivity

22 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems Refresh Rate

23 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: Refresh Rate FPA Resolution Overall Sensitivity A Great Thermal System Refresh Rate

24 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems Monochrome or Colour?

25 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: monochrome or colour? Monochrome Compare yourself! colour

26 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: monochrome or colour?

27 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems Manual Gain Control

28 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: Manual Gain control Compare yourself! FPA GAIN SET TO LOW FPA GAIN SET TO HIGH

29 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems Detection, Recognition, Identification (DRI)

30 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: DRI

31 Part II. Thermal Imaging Systems: DRI Compare yourself! Detection: you can see there is something there. Recognition: you can tell it is a bird Identification: you can tell it is a goose

32 Part iii. night vision systems Figure of merit (FOM) Manual gain control Detection, recognition, identification Auto gated night vision

33 Part iii. night vision systems Figure Of Merit (FOM)

34 Part iii. night vision systems: figure of merit (FOM) Compare yourself!

35 Part iii. night vision systems: figure of merit (FOM)

36 Part iii. night vision systems Manual Gain Control

37 Part iii. night vision systems: manual gain control Compare yourself! MANUAL GAIN: MIN MANUAL GAIN: OPTIMAL MANUAL GAIN: MAX

38 Part iii. night vision systems Detection, Recognition, Identification (DRI)

39 Part iii. night vision systems: DRI

40 Part iii. night vision systems Auto Gated Night Vision

41 Part iii. night vision systems: auto gated night vision

42 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist Buyer s Checklist

43 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist

44 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist: choosing a night vision device ASK

45 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist: choosing a night vision device Choose the device if...

46 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist: choosing a night vision device Avoid

47 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist: choosing a thermal imaging device ASK

48 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist: choosing a thermal imaging device Choose the device if...

49 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist: choosing a thermal imaging device Avoid

50 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist: Comparison tables

51 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist: comparison tables

52 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist: Comparison tables

53 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist: space for your Notes

54 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist: Comparison tables

55 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist: comparison tables

56 PART IV. Buyer s Checklist: Comparison tables

57 Part IV. Buyer s Checklist: space for your notes

58 Epilogue

59 We have been way too serious. Let s smile a bit!

60 The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory. -Aldo Gucci We want 100% of readers of this Guide to be professional customers in night vision and thermal imaging industry. Help us achieve this goal by becoming one of them.