OMG Thermal!

Up until a month ago they were all over EBay heavily discounted.

Ah well, only those two I can find which I guess would work for sampling thermal imaging, they are in the £120-150 range on ebay. Can probably work with 13mm but 7.5mm or wider would be more ideal.
 
Distance is really the benefit for me using thermal. I should be able to see close in targets with my standard cameras.
 
Distance is really the benefit for me using thermal. I should be able to see close in targets with my standard cameras.

Indeed, I think shall probably pickup a 13mm and a 7.5mm, see how they work out for me, for an average of £120 each they can't be bad. Maybe make more sense to get the DH-TPC-BF5421-T in 13mm, assuming it is the newer and better camera, when compared to the BF2221-HTM

I have a couple of spots with hedgerows and shrub/tree growth which these should work well for, all out of range for normal cameras.
 
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Whole most here know I am a big fan of optical zoom, for a thermal cam a 13mm may be too much unless your distance is way out there.

The 4mm sees so far and you won't get IDENTIFY quality regardless, so I would rather get a bigger picture.
 
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Whole most here know I am a big fan of optical zoom, for a thermal cam a 13mm may be too much unless your distance is way out there.

The 4mm sees so far and you won't get IDENTIFY quality regardless, so I would rather get a bigger picture.
Is there such a thing as Identify on a Thermal?
 
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Whole most here know I am a big fan of optical zoom, for a thermal cam a 13mm may be too much unless your distance is way out there.

The 4mm sees so far and you won't get IDENTIFY quality regardless, so I would rather get a bigger picture.

Yes, 7.5 to 13mm is not an ideal range, I suspect these would get mounted 16 feet up on the roofline looking down and out but even then still quite a narrow field of view. I guess the old for £100 vs £300 for the latest model was and is tempting. Some more research required I guess.