Are Infrared scopes and Night Vision scopes the same thing?
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at
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No, Night Vision amplifies what little light may be there in the visible or infra-red band.
Infrared scopes don’t have to amplify that much because you can use an infrared light to illuminate the scene and the person will not see it.
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No. Infrared picks up the heat signature of the surrounding area and a nightvision scope uses faint light to be able to see objects in the night. Also there are scopes that emmit an infrared light that eluminates objects so as to see them.
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Not necessarily. IR scopes simply let the user see infrared radiation, meaning that heat sources become visible against a colder background. "Night Vision" scopes are ambient light enhancers, meaning that low levels of visible light are amplified, rather than infrared radiation.
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Infrared picks up heat signatures of objects and displays them as various colors… each of which (colors) designates a different level of heat being released/produced.
Night Vision picks up minuet amounts of light from any available source… thus if in a sealed room with absolutely nothing admitting light you would still not be able to see with Night Vision.
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Basically, yes.
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