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Posted: 3/10/2017 9:54:57 PM EDT
| You guys that have units with WPT tubes is there really that much difference between them and good OMNI 7 and 8 tubes to justify switching over to them |
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My WPT has a better image and performance in lower light than my old green tube but the specs below can explain that. A great tube is a great tube whether it is green or white to me. Personally for me i prefer WPT as it does not cause discomfort over what i consider long periods of use versus green. I also feel darker coated animals "pop" more apparent than green but light color coated animals can wash in at distance if not foreground to lets say a treeline. Consider my girlfriends legs versus her hair and my rifle contrasting against the grass and gravel road in my video. That is all I have bud, hope it helps.
~U.S. Gen3 L3 MILSPEC OMNI VIII~ Green Tube / White Phosphor Tube "Blem" Photocathode Sensitivity: 2407 / 2415 Resolution: 64 / 72 SNR: 28.6 / 36.3 Halo: 0.9 / .81 EBI: 1.4 / 0.5 |
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I didnt care for my wpt, so I went back to green filmless. If you already have a good autogated tube, you may not notice a drastic change.
The thing about the newer filmless wpt tubes is that they typically have some killer specs. Will you notice a difference? On most nights probably not. |
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We conduct a good amount of training from commercial, to LE, to Mil dudes, and it's not the color itself but the filmless technology of the WPT that will will give you approx. 20% better performance in extremely dark conditions over their thin filmed counterparts.
The debate rages on if the color itself assists over this and that. Most of the Mil dudes who spend hours upon hours each night say the White Phos. is more relaxing on their eyes. There is supposed to be some new Army Lab report floating around saying the same thing more or less about the effect WPT over green. For me personally I do not see in the shadows better (except extremely in dark environments I mentioned), but others say yes with better contrast as well. P.S. Yes over the last year we've been getting higher and higher on our contract Omni 8 filmless WPT full Mil Spec tubes reaching close to 40 S/N! The last one we saw here on the EE I think was 39.7. With those specs reaching these numbers, we do see some low light performance increases over S/N 24, that is for certain. Vic |
| It does seem after watching the video that if you are using thermals with night vision it would be an easier transition on your vision going back and forth between the two. Especially if you have a nvg on one eye and you are using a scope and spotter on the other. |
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I picked up a TNVC WP pvs-14 during theit blem sale in October. It is very nice...35 s/n, 64lpmm.
However, I have a pair of hand select ITT NE Omni 7 from TNVC that have fantastic images. I got them back when they didn't come with spec sheets so I dont know their specific specs....but I can tell you that they are a lot better than my ITT NE Omni 8 with 28 s/n, 64lpmm (also from TNVC, im a proud supporter of their retirement fund). The Omni 7 pinnacle are almost as good as the L3 WP imo. If I were to buy another one, which i'm thinking about, i would probably go with an L3 filmless in green if I could get one with high specs and a clean screen. |
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