[PUP] FLIR and Nauticomp display

[Ken Williams]

John Ford:

No idea if I'm the Ken you referred to, but your timing is perfect. I'm
sitting at anchor in the San Juans and had fog so thick this morning I
couldn't see my own tender. I have a night vision camera with two different
night modes, "Ultra Low Light", and "thermal imaging". 

Both modes were completely useless. There were six boats anchored about 100
yards away, as well as land perhaps 200 yards away. Nothing showed up,
including the bow of my own boat.

I've alerted the manufacturer (NVTI) that I am very disappointed in my unit
(the NVTi 5000). The image in a marina on a clear night isn't bad, but in
real world conditions, I have yet to find it useful. To be fair: It is going
back for service and perhaps when I get it back I will be more impressed.

-Ken Williams
Nordhavn68.com, Sans Souci

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John Ford
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [PUP] FLIR and Nauticomp display

On Sep 1, 2007, at 10:23 PM, Scott Bulger wrote:

> FOG shuts it down completely.  I couldn't see past the bow rail.

Thats interesting..  I was hoping that this wouldn't be the case at  
all.  When doing some research and reading many websites one of the  
things they touted was the ability to see in fog.  I would be  
interested in hearing if others "Ken?" have had similar issues with  
the FLIR.

John Ford
KK44 Feisty Lady(She may turn into a 48 soon).
Annapolis City Marina
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