To all you guys that have your night vision i have a question with cameras and so forth.

Im trying to get my phone mounted to my scope. Ive 3d printed a adjustable clamp which works well. I have a infra red spotlight left over from a security camera setup i instilled for a client a few months ago. It has a 50mtr range and works fantastic with the cameras. But when i test it outside in the dark with my phone it doesnt see sh*t. same with my gopro...nothing. My question is what do you guys use to see through your scopes? Ive seen your videos on youtube with the night time shooting looks really cool but i just cant seem to get it to work.

If i shine the infra red spotlight directly into the phone camera or gopro it sees the light as purple

When I had used sensor boards to make my NV I always had to remove the IR filter which is usually a slightly tinted looking piece of glass over the sensor. This makes it very sensitive to IR. 

So unfortunately I don't think phones work well for NV setups due to this filter.

Googling the same for a smartphone camera indicates most also have IR filters - but perhaps not on both the front and back cameras.

Cheers

Pauly5 wrote: Putting a sensor with lens directly behind the scope and using a reversing camera gets great results. I compared my old setup with my DNT Zulus, and as long as your sensor is good and lined up well, it'll work well.

What are these sensors you keep referring to? a sensor with lens? how does this work?

yes i know all of this. But this is for "daytime" shooting with IR. at night there is not visible light because it is dark. So putting a filter over the lenses to filter out all the light which isn't there anyway because it is dark does not make any sense to me?

Or am i missing something?

Sensor is the small circuit board with the small square bit that the lens focuses the image onto.

You can see the sliver of glass/IR filter over the top. This can be taken off.

If you have ever held a security camera then turned the lights out, you will most likely hear a click. This is the filter being swivelled away.

Kruz, you will experience this when you switch the Sytong between night and day vision.

So for making a DIY unit, it is easier just to remove the IR filter off the front of the sensor. This will make the image "blown out" during the day, but of course you don't need night vision during the day.

Nunga, I have a few sensors and bits and pieces you can have to play around with. Lets trade brass for nightvision stuff.

https://youtu.be/4wnNFR99xGI?si=6EMXQp-Cvah3o-AP

Rolaids Bench - Nightvision 101.

I am wanting to see through the scope at night without a normal torch for pest control. pretty much for the same reason you were asking about the pigeons lol. I was thinking it would be better shooting them at night when they are nesting as from my experience they do tent to fly away during the day and you only really will get a couple of shots before they figure it out.

Recording would be nice but not a major

I am booked in for friday to do the job and it is the same place as last time so i shall see how it goes for the second time round. 

Nunga, if you want to look through your scope at night, you will need something like the Sytong HT88 or Pard NV007.

If you can get a compact camera or phone mounted onto the scope, you will need to remove the IR filter.

If you go the DIY route, it is easy to mount a sensor with a small lense onto scope, but you still need to see the image and a small reversing camera screen is easiest, as small viewfinder screens are pricey unless you can reuse one from an old cam corder.

Video above shows my original build. It works really well and even has a mini dvr recoreder built in.

So let me know if you need anything as it's just sitting in my parts box collecting dust.