Thanks Kirsch for the welcome.
As far as the NUC bit. I'm still getting use to the SH in that regard. for the most part, my habit in the past has been manual NUC. I keep the scope turned off.....scan with scanner until I find what I'm looking for.....turn on scope and shoot. Some nights I never turned the scope on. It started off rather difficult with the SH because of the start up time and the auto NUC. I'm getting use to it though. Just takes time to change habits.
I agree on the surroundings as far as the SH goes. We are not shooting at "surroundings". I just think the 12 micron core is diminishing that part of it. Seems odd but other 12 micron thermals including my scanner exhibit the same trait. The 17 micron cores seem to do better in that regard.
I do agree Pulsar had a winner with the Apex. That line just worked. It never needed to be updated or hassled with. I also never had any issue with holding zero. I can't say that for the XP50. Sad how a company will discontinue a quality product over another. Maybe the Apex worked too good for Pulsars other offering. I never used a Trail XQ50 so I cannot speak to that model compared to the Apex.
One thing I did not mention I like about the SH is the focus. It is pretty much a "set it and forget it" focus. I like that a lot! The Thermion regarding lots of adjustments to fine tune the detail.
Originally Posted By: Jason312Nortac,
What do you use the inclinometer for?
I'm thinking at normal thermal shooting distances the incline/decline would be negligible with our flatter shooting coyote guns.
BUT....I don't have much experience with thermals YET
Jason, I use the thermal for different types of hunting at different ranges for different types of animals. What I found in the past when shooting smaller species of animals over 100 yards if you are canted one way or the other while taking head shots there is a higher probability of a miss. It is hard to tell if you are level or not at night on a tripod. You think you are but it is hard to tell sometimes. The inclinometer in the SH resolves the issue of cant. It's basically having a scope level on your daytime scope with the addition of being able to tell slope too. I understand a lot of people think you cannot be super precise with a thermal. Well you can be and all the things associated with day time scopes apply to thermal as well for precision shots.
I do like my SH a lot and plan to keep it. Matter of fact I am thinking about getting another one. I like it that much. Is it perfect? No. I have yet to find any thermal that is perfect. But it gives me most of what the Apex gave me and more. The faults it has for the most part can be overcome with time and patience getting use to using it. I have had a number of kills on it but keep forgetting to record. LOL! I did manage to hit the button the last kill so one video is it. I'm still working on changing some of my old habits. I will get there.