Thread: DIY Night Vision

I'm keen to see what you guy's make of yours. I am waiting on my bipod adapters before I can assemble my night shooting rig.

Cascade Tube and Computar 1.2-75 Lens have arrived in one piece and look great! Varo eyepiece and C-mount are in transit, just need my power supply and case and I am green for see in the dark.

Originally Posted by hanse

Cascade Tube and Computar 1.2-75 Lens have arrived in one piece and look great! Varo eyepiece and C-mount are in transit, just need my power supply and case and I am green for see in the dark.

Hanse: Did you get that Cascade scope build file I sent you??

Originally Posted by Tasbay

Hanse: Did you get that Cascade scope build file I sent you??

Any chance to flick it through to me Tasbay? jocsax@gmail.com

Originally Posted by Tasbay

Hanse: Did you get that Cascade scope build file I sent you??

Yes thanks Tasbay.

I am a little concerned that when I look through my CCTV lens, the image is upside down. Any ideas? I am not really all that clued up when it comes to lenses. I am hoping that when I attach the tube and eyepiece it will appear normal?

That is how it is meant to be

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Any chance to flick it through to me Tasbay? jocsax@gmail.com

Yep on its way.

Originally Posted by Beavis

That is how it is meant to be

Thanks

Ok i can see in the dark, its very much in prototype phase but lens works.

For other people trying this, word of warning, once the tube is switched off it takes quite a few minutes to "cool" down as such so don turn the lights on straight away...

Got mine going too. I need to shave a little off my spacer for the focal distance of the front lens to get a sharper image and assemble it properly and pimp it up with some paint and fit an adjustable mount and my recticle. Still a bit to do.

My lens turned out to only be a 2/3 format so it only uses the middle 20mm of the tube, I am looking for another one in 4/3. It has been a real learning curve on lenses!

Notice how I have used pieces of the 80mm pvc as a shim for the tube, as luck would have it, they make a perfect fit, like fucking mint no wiggles perfect. I just cut short lengths for each end, cut them to allow them to squash up and slide into the housing. The one on its own goes in front of the tube to space it off the front cap and lens. it has a small slot to mate with a pin in the tube, when it is all glued together this will stop the tube from spinning as to allow my recticle to work. Don't comment on the fine soldering either thanks, carpenter by trade!

The battery holder is a piece of 20mm pvc with a waterproof push button of a torch epoxied into it, the 2 x CR123 batteries fit mint inside. I have to get a end cap for it yet and it will eventually be siliconed into place on top of the scope.

I am probably going to make an windage and elevation adjustable rail mount for it but that's still in the design stage.

The photo is with my iphone and really doesn't do it justice, very sharp clear image.

mines very much in the beginning stage of development.

Looks the same as yours just im currently using a lot of tape and i havent put on eye piece, i have just been looking at the screen.

Mine is quite cool in the sense i have the built in reticle and holdover etched into mine already. Found it quite easy to get it into focus which was good. Havent even soldered wires on yet, but it appears my positive terminal isnt threaded.

What range would you say that house is?

65m, I will get out on the golfcourse one day soon with it all dialled in and see what it can do. That photo is literally the first time I looked through the thing.

Fuck nice work hanse, might have to steal your idea about the shims