Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 = Super Yoter scanner version ?

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Ernest49

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7 days ago I received, first in Europe, the brand new Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 model. It is a monocular thermal scanner that uses the same components as the Bering Optics Super Yoter.
Basically it's a Bering Optics Phenom 640 with 50mm optics instead of 35mm....
These are the most important technical features:

640x512@12micron Vox;
NETD < 25 mK°;
F50/1.1;
FOV 8.8°x7°;
mag 3-12X.

Price € 2534.67 (including the cost of shipping in Italy with DHL)

I immediately lent it to a night hunter friend, who went to Croatia and took 2 hogs the first night of use.
I wish I could send it to Kirsch, who would have the opportunity to test it much better than me. But I don't know how to do this expedition safely.
Obviously it has integrated video recording, PIP, and with the Infiray App you can share videos and photos.
It also has the possibility of activating a red laser beam to be able to signal the felling point of the wild when the high vegetation prevents you from seeing it with the same scanner.
It is truly fabulous. My first impression is that you need to adjust the contrast to a minimum and the brightness to a medium value. The view of the background, trees, leaves, grass and greenery looks different than the SY video that Kirsch posted. As soon as I can I will post a video in this forum. You can see this device on this website ...

https://www.infirayoutdoor.com/thermal-imaging-scope-eye-series-v3-0_p64.html
 
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... the Infiray E6+ V3.0 model has the same features as the Bering Optics Phenom 640 :

640x512@12micron Vox
NETD
 
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Originally Posted By: Ernest49... the Infiray E6 + V3.0 model is practically the same as the Bering Optics 640:

640x512@12micron Vox
NETD
 
... what you write is true. They have exactly the same components (sensor and lens), but comparing your beautiful video, recorded with the SY, with the first images seen with the Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 by observing with the eyepiece, as I have already written, I think they have a software that manages the thermal radiation in a different way ... Now I am waiting for my friend to come back from Croatia to record some photos and videos. The great thermal sensitivity with temperatures of 90 ° F (at 9 PM of these hot summer evenings in Italy ..) could be counterproductive.
My biggest wish would be to be able to ship it to Fargo, so you could test it much better than me ..
... but I know it's very difficult ... not to mention almost impossible ...
 
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Originally Posted By: Ernest49... what you write is true. They have exactly the same components (sensor and lens), but comparing your beautiful video, recorded with the SY, with the first images seen with the Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 by observing with the eyepiece, as I have already written, I think they have a software that manages the thermal radiation in a different way ... Now I am waiting for my friend to come back from Croatia to record some photos and videos. The great thermal sensitivity with temperatures of 90 ° F (at 9 PM of these hot summer evenings in Italy ..) could be counterproductive.
My biggest wish would be to be able to ship it to Fargo, so you could test it much better than me ..
... but I know it's very difficult ... not to mention almost impossible ... I appreciate all the faith you have in me. With the formation of iRayUSA, hopefully a time will come when I can test their products as well. As for right now, I don't see options that are a better value in the US than Bering Optics when a person considers quality, price, performance, warranty and long-term service. I recommended the iRay brand to you because you had easier access to their equipment in Italy/Croatia.
 
Last night I took some test photos. You could compare them to the same photos taken with the Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50. The distance to the roof with the satellite dish is approximately 300 yards. Unfortunately I'm not as good as Kirsch ... it would have been nice to be able to put them side by side (Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 / Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50). If you teach me how ... I can try ...
On an available setting from 1 to 4 (.... the Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 has an available setting from 1 to 20 ....), I chose these values: brightness 3 - contrast 1

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6X white hot
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12X white hot
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The Pulsar image appears a little bright to me. 2x vs 3x is also a big difference. I would probably rather shoot with the iRay image and scan with the Pulsar image, but that is just for my hunting. I put the two pictures together for you Ernest.

pulsar-Iray2.jpg


The big question is not how the two images compare, but how do they compare to your eye through they lens? We all know recording quality and actual image quality is very different.
 
Wow! Thanks very much Korey! You have composed a beautiful comparative collage! The difference between 2X and 3X can be seen a lot ... The difference in brightness is also noticeable ... Maybe I should redo the photo with the E6 Pro by adjusting the brightness to the maximum level (4). As usual you are always right about everything ... The 2 thermal devices should reverse their roles, but this is obviously impossible. You should be able to shoot with the Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 and observe with the Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50. I am becoming more and more convinced that I have made a wrong purchase ... Next week I would like to go to the Infiray dealer to make a comparison between the Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50 and the Infiray Rico RH50. I think with the Rico RH50 you will see pretty much the same as with the E6 Pro, both having the same 640x512 @ 12micron sensor and the same F50 / 1.1 lens. If I see so much better with the Rico RH50 than the Thermion 2 XP50 .... I think I'll sell this last one ... and buy the Rico RH50 ....
 
Ernest, you could bump up the brightness on the Infiray, but to me the Pulsar is too bright and I would start by adjusting it. The one thing about the Thermion 2 units is the recorded video seems to look a lot better than they did in the past. I am not sure if the view through the eyepeice changed but whenever I see a really nice video of a Pulsar, it is almost always a V2 unit.

When looking through the two devices, how do you feel the images compare?

For my own style of hunting, I would have tried to purchase the 35mm version of the E3 if possible to give you a bigger FOV. However, for your hunting maybe a scanner and scope both with the same Mag and FOV is preferred.
 
... last night I tried to look at the usual house with the satellite dish on the roof (from my terrace at home it is the only landscape observable at a decent distance ...) with both devices. Adjusting the brightness to the maximum level (4) of the Infiray E6 Pro V3.0 only increased the intensity of the white, but did not substantially change the image. Instead by increasing the contrast from 5 to 10 of the Pulsar Thermion 2 XP50, we began to see an image very similar to that of the E6 Pro ... I confirm that the video recording quality of the Pulsar is at a very good level. Looking through the eyepiece you can see very well with both devices ... but the great versatility of the brightness and contrast adjustments of the Thermion 2, allows you to switch from highly contrasted images to much softer images. Even through the eyepiece, as you have observed, 2X of minimum magnification are very noticeable and give a better overall vision, but also dispersive. With the Infiray E6 Pro you are practically obliged to adjust the contrast level to the minimum value (1), otherwise you see only black or white and very little gray. Anyway tonight I try to redo the photos with the new adjustments and also to record a short video ....
 
The Infiray E3 Max V2.0 is very similar to the excellent Bering Optics Phenom 384. In fact it has these characteristics:
384x288@12micron Vox;
NETD
 
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I don't have a .pdf editor. I would contact the dealer you bought it from. Hopefully, they can get you a document in Italian.
 


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