Canon’s new camera shoots color video in pitch black, from miles away

Canon has wrapped its experimental ultra-high sensitivity Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) sensor up into a world-first commercial product. The new MS-500 accepts ultra-telephoto broadcast lenses, and can shoot color video on a moonless night.Conti… Continue reading Canon’s new camera shoots color video in pitch black, from miles away

Duovox improves on the full-color night-vision formula for Ultra monocular

Last year, Duovox launched a successful Kickstarter for a compact full-color night-vision camera built around a custom Sony sensor. Now the startup has returned to the platform with a military-grade monocular rocking full color and IR night vision capa… Continue reading Duovox improves on the full-color night-vision formula for Ultra monocular

Full-color night vision pocket camera turns night into day

The Duovox Mate Pro is billed as

Startup Duovox has launched a compact night vision camera with a custom Sony sensor and advanced algorithms at its heart that effectively turn night into day, bringing the full color experience to after-dark hikes in the mountains, night-time wildlife photography or even pitch black handicam horror flicks.

Continue Reading

Category: Photography, Technology

Tags: , , ,

Continue reading Full-color night vision pocket camera turns night into day

Ground-breaking night-vision film can be applied to regular glasses

Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new type of night-vision technology that is the first of its kind. Taking the form of an ultra-thin film, it can be applied directly to glasses to act as a filter, needing only a s… Continue reading Ground-breaking night-vision film can be applied to regular glasses

DARPA program seeks night-vision googles as light and compact as glasses

DARPA is starting a program to develop a new multispectral Enhanced Night Vision (ENVision) system for the military that replaces today’s heavy night-vision goggles with ones that are as light and compact as a pair of eyeglasses.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading DARPA program seeks night-vision googles as light and compact as glasses

Teardown Of Oddball Night Vision Shows Off Retro-futuristic Vibe

Night vision aficionado [Nicholas C] shared an interesting teardown of a Norwegian SIMRAD GN1 night vision device, and posted plenty of pictures, along with all kinds of background information about their construction, use, and mounting. [Nicholas] had been looking for a night vision device of this design for some time, …read more

Continue reading Teardown Of Oddball Night Vision Shows Off Retro-futuristic Vibe

See In The Dark, The Simple Way

Night vision googles used to be the exclusive preserve of the military, and then of the well-heeled. Image intensifier tubes were very expensive, and needed high-voltage power supplies to keep them going. Now that we have solid-state infra-red cameras the task of seeing in the dark had become much simpler, …read more

Continue reading See In The Dark, The Simple Way