Post by oldhippy on Oct 30, 2019 22:50:23 GMT
2019 MW Pano NVGs In Hand
The knobs on either side of the bridge are for adjusting inter pupilary distance. The indicator and lines provide reference for where the left and right monocular pods are positioned.
As expected one of the fake objective lenses is an array of four IR LEDs. There are two long-range LEDs, one on each monocular. It is a TIR style reflector and throws the IR light about 50 feet.
The left side monocular has the camera lens. Just to the right of it is a small dark circle. That is the ambient light sensor. If you walk into a room with lights, it shuts off the night vision aesthetic and IR illuminator. The goggles will display a full-color image.
The photos below were photographed with my SiOnyx Aurora camera.
The Dark Edition Pano NVGs have a folding mount that is attached to a head strap. The mount is styled after a Wilcox mount. Push the cylindrical button on the side and you can fold the Panos up. Squeeze the ribbed buttons on either side and you can slide the Panos forwards and backwards.
While the Panos can fold upwards, there is no tilt adjustment or height adjustment. You can shift the entire head strap to raise or lower the goggles with relation to your head and eyes.
At the back of the headstrap is a fake battery box modeled after the GPNVG-18 battery pack. The original MW2 NVGs had a functioning battery pack that housed 5xAA batteries. The 2019 Dark Edition Pano NVGs have an onboard rechargeable battery in the goggle housing. The wire going between the goggles and fake battery pack is vestigial. It is just a rubber cable. There is no metal wire inside.
Open the battery pack and you can see inside. You could put some metal inside to act as a counterweight to offset the weight of the Pano NVGs.
Remove the threaded cover plate and you can see the rubber cable goes nowhere and is just stuffed inside the fake battery pack.
On the left side of the Pano NVG housing is the micro USB recharging port.
Underneath the left monocular pod are the controls.
The closest button to your face is the power button. When you turn on the goggles a MW splash screen shows up. It takes about 11-12 seconds before the night vision starts working. The MODE button switches from white phosphor night vision to a black and white image. However when you are in a lighted area and the Panos switch to color, the MODE button will not do anything. Long Range activates the two long range IR illuminators.
Aside from pupillary distance adjustment, the Pano NVGs have a sort of diopter. The two switches you see above each respective eyepiece adjusts the rear lens to help you focus on the screen inside.