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  1. pinko

    Vehicle-mounted remote for thermal monocular on the cheap.

    Experimenting with a remote-controlled 2-axis gimbal, fitted with a thermal monocular, for hunting purposes. I like to use a remote-mounted thermal monocular for scanning, whilst hunting. The monocular streams live to a display in the vehicle. Ordinarily, I have manually maneuver the monocualar...
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    Dahau M60 Thermal Monocular Here is some very hard-to-find test footage of the Dahua M60 (640x512) Monocular.
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    Review- VTO2301R-P 2mp Door Station/Doorbell Dahua/Empiretech

    Great work, thanks!
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    The problem with sharing thermal footage is the quality of the exported footage. I have to export @720x526. So the footage is not as good as what you experience in the field. Here's a sample of some of the footage we captured recently. The shooter for most of these targets, was a beginner, not...
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    Dahua just launched its Outdoor product lines. As a keen thermal hunter, I've been lucky enough to add several thermal scopes and monoculars to my hunting kit over the last 6 months or so. I hunt 100% thermal these days, there's no going back, it's that good. The Dahua M Series (M20, M40,&...
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    Review: Dahua DH-IPC-HFW5842E-ZE-S2 - 8MP / 4K Vari-Focal Bullet Cam

    Thanks for the review. Looks like we are both using the same video editing program. It's pretty awesome. :)
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    Yes, it's been a bit frustrating to find the "one" that ticks all the boxes. Hikmicro has the New Gryphon Monoculars & Panther Scopes that have Laser range finders built in. The Gryphon features Bi-Spectrum Fusion (IR & Thermal combined) looks very interesting. Just throw in some onboard...
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    Yes, so lucky, really can't wait. Initially will be testing an LH19 Monocular and TQ50 scope. This TQ50 scope looks like it going to be pretty versatile. Can use it as a scope, clip-on and monocular, and it has a 640x sensor...
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    Starlink satellite internet

    My heart goes out to anyone who is still waiting. Heard a lot of people who were due for a delivery date of mid/ to late 2021 may have to wait another 12 months!!! Starlink Signed up 1st September 2020 order confirmed & Shipped 7th/8th October 2021.
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    Starlink satellite internet

    haha Yes. Zerotier was the best option.
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    Hey Guys, It is amazing how fast the outdoor thermal market has been moving. Both the Monoculars and scopes have been under heavy and rapid development. I've been watching HikMicro and other companies' offerings expand over the course of 2021, and I'm ready to take the plunge. Full disclosure...
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    Starlink satellite internet

    Loving Starlink internet signed up early beta and have had Starlink for several months now. The only issues I have encountered have been related to CGNAT. I can't even recall what workarounds I had to implement to get around this. It was a bit messy, but works ok now.
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    Blue Iris keeps crashing

    Earlier today enabled H/W acceleration (intel+VPP) on a camera, to reduce CPU usage. (Must have missed it in the initial setup). I didn't realize I had the camera set to H265 encoding and I had a WTF moment when BI tools would start BI then it would crash. I watched it cycle through a dozen or...
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    Dahua Starlight 40x PTZ - SD6AE240V-HNI

    Most of my Stats were lost/reset a little while ago. The note-worthy stats that remain: 7.6 Million Focus motor Direction Switches 19 Million Iris switch times This is still my favorite PTZ. It has been super reliable and has a beautiful image day and night. My only regret is that more people...
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    EmpireTech 6 Years Anniversay Promotion Plan

    Hahaha You can't ask that....My guess over 10,000 units give or take a million or two. :P
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    @ Coltect great videos. Thanks for sharing! I think most of shared video from many of the thermal scopes are not the greatest quality. That seems to be pretty common comment in most of the shared content. When we're bunny busting kids love to call the shots on bunnies after they are hit like...
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    EmpireTech 6 Years Anniversay, New Office New Start

    Congratulations Andy! You work so very hard and still manage to have time for all your customers, even if its just to say hello. I wish you well in your new office and warehouse and hope you continue to grow and prosper.
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    Somebody was having way too much fun with Blender

    I'd hate to be the plumber fixin that mess up..... Title got me too. I was sure it was that YT guy....Will it Blend??
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    Lets talk Cerakoting and Boom Sticks!

    I'm heading out tomorrow to pick up an Aussie made Cerakoted 17HMR. I reckon the only one that I had ever seen with any imperfections was a mates 22LR with a factory ceracote finish a few years back. It had very slight imperfections near the crown @ end of the barrel. It was like the galvanic...
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    I have a Sig BDX scope & spotter on the way, (non-thermal) have you ever tried one of these scopes and if so, what did you think? My kids are going to love the automatic holdover for longer shots. Interesting, would have thought that there would be little to no restrictions on Coyotes in IL. I...
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    Ah yes, I'm familiar with that article. It's a great resource. Certainly helped with my thermal scope research. Sadly some of the models listed are not available in Australia for various reasons such as US export restrictions, or no local distribution. A few of the scopes like the Pulsar's are...
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    I'm seriously thinking of pulling the trigger on a Thunder TH35. If I go ahead, I will do a review and post my findings. FWIW I do have some reservations on dropping just under 4k (AUD) on a thermal scope. At this price point it they all seem to be lacking in the specs or features I have on my...
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    Hunting & Hikmicro - thermal scopes (Hikvision)

    Hikvision have started to make entry level thermal scopes for firearms under the brand name Hikmicro. I am considering the clip-on version. They are a little expensive here in Australia at around 2.5-3K, given the specs. I'd sure love to try one if the price is right..... Has anyone come...
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    Dahua - SD5A445XA-HN - PTZ From Andy

    back to previous version no problems. :) Why would they remove auto-tracking from F/W? Tracking works as well as most other PTZs....
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    Dahua - SD5A445XA-HN - PTZ From Andy

    I already remotely deployed this f/w....... maybe i can downgrade.
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    Dahua - SD5A445XA-HN - PTZ From Andy

    Latest firmware is available from the SD49225XA-HNR product page on Dahua Website. Just select downloads > firmware (tabs) and select f/w version. :)
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    2021 Memorial Day Promotion

    I will have them ordered and up in few days. Better talk to Andy. :) Thanks!!
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    2021 Memorial Day Promotion

    A few weeks too late!! I need 2 cameras to guard the interior and exterior of a super secret/ strong room. Shhhh
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    SMD 3.0 dahua

    got a ton of these to test on > IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E's< Sign me up :)
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    Show cam stream from a Remote BI server on a Local BI server

    I just read this post looking for something else. Thanks Tony!
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