First miss with new scope

[TEXASLAWMAN]

Has anyone compared the 233 to the apex QD50? Are the two close enough to save $900 or is there such a difference that $900 more would be money well spent?

Qd50 will beat it with focus and lens but has no recording capabilities.

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

Wildflower when sighting in thermal it' best to zoom in all the way, that is where you get the fine adjustments for zero.

 

[Wildfowler]

Because there is no focus on the unit. That is how they kept it at the lower price point.

I agree. It does “feel” like it could be focused a better at distance. But I think some of what you feel is out of focus may be a limitation of the lack of resolution making it look blurred.

I honestly wouldn’t expect to be able to make a significant improvement if you could focus he lens. That’s based on my experience using a focusing tool for my 640 FLIR Vue 19mm camera. It really does not let you get sharper detail at distance beyond a certain point of clarity.

The 19mm lenses may just too small to get much greater detail at significantly longer ranges than what is seen here.

 

[Wildfowler]

Wildflower when sighting in thermal it' best to zoom in all the way, that is where you get the fine adjustments for zero.

Thanks. I’ve been using 2x and I guess that explains why I felt like I was having difficulty.

This is my normal procedure just because I’ve always got something like this handy in my toolbox.

I heat up a nut hanging from a wire and with this scope on 2x, the 4MOA dot is fully encapsulated by the black glow of the heated nut.

This way I can easily center the dot in the black glow on the target.