This one caught my eye

[Erol Kartal]

Originally Posted by relliott

Too bad , it looks cool.

Low resolution and smaller screen cameras are less expensive, but as soon as you get one, you want to upgrade.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Originally Posted by relliott

I saw a much higher res when gliding through it.

Something along the lines of 648 x 400

That's the video mode, and is probably not in IR mode. That's not the IR photo resolution which was never listed. OJ said it was 160x120 resolution which sounds closer to reality.

[relliott]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

That's the video mode, and is probably not in IR mode. That's not the IR photo resolution which was never listed. OJ said it was 160x120 resolution which sounds closer to reality.

Dominic I think that may be the old res.
Check out the link I provided and see the pictures.
Those are high res.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

I looked at the link you provided. None of those pictures were high resolution.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

I should rephrase that. None of them are 640x480 and they'd definitely be showing thatoff. It looks like they are all different sizes which tells me they are probably stitched together from multiple images. Otherwise they'd all be the same resolution.

[Erol Kartal]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

I should rephrase that. None of them are 640x480 and they'd definitely be showing thatoff. It looks like they are all different sizes which tells me they are probably stitched together from multiple images. Otherwise they'd all be the same resolution.

A 640 X 480 IR camera resolution is for lottery winners.

[David A. Andersen]

640 x 480 pixels

No Way!

This is a 640 x 480 pic

You can almost read the licence plates from across the street.

[relliott]

Ok I left a message for them to call me.
I see thay have 3 models.
Lite,pro,and sl or something like that.
One of them goes for $9,000.

Some of those circut board pictures are very high res.

[Vince Santos]

The one we have used on evaluations costs 10k. Like I said it's a nice little camera but the regular photos are grainy and the camera has no flash that I'm aware of.

[relliott]

Originally Posted by vsantos

The one we have used on evaluations costs 10k. Like I said it's a nice little camera but the regular photos are grainy and the camera has no flash that I'm aware of.

Ok so all those incredibly detailed photos and claims of super high res are lies.

Not very reputable and unworthy of consideration then.

[Vince Santos]

Originally Posted by relliott

Ok so all those incredibly detailed photos and claims of super high res are lies.

Not very reputable and unworthy of consideration then.

The IR images look great, it's the comparison photos that look bad. I've thought about taking photos with my digital camera w/flash for the comparison images. But you would think for 10k you would not have to do that.

[Chuck Evans]

For some reason I have a mental image of the Sham-Wow guy hawking these.

[relliott]

Originally Posted by cevans

For some reason I have a mental image of the Sham-Wow guy hawking these.

hahha
Good one
Just shows how easy it is to be fooled
I will be more careful and wait to see if these guys get back to me with better info.
I may buy a ir camera this year but right now I am window shopping.
there are so many scams in education bucks and equipment.
Everyone wants your money.

[OJ Utter]

The things you have pointed out here is why I would recommend sticking with the mainstream camera manufacturers. Yes you can save yourself some money but in the long run it will cost you in time money. The biggest thing you want to ask yourself is what are you wanting to get out of your camera. If it is a major portion of your business then in the long run spending a little extra to get a camera with options that can improve your on-site and post analysis capabilities will make you money. If it is an adder and you intend for it to alwyas be that then don't spend as much. Regardless of whatever slick marketing or sales ploys someone tries to use you can't get around the physics of this. I have been a thermographer for going on 9 years now. Mostly what I do is industrial so my standards are based on the greatest spot size ratio possible. Having a camera that is easy to use in the beginning as well as having options that you can improve your scan time and help you educate your customer will help your business in the long run. I not only scan but sell cameras mainly because there were a number of individuals who purchased cameras because of a Slick Whilly Salesman who glossed over the deficiencies in their cameras and now the camera sits on the shelf or they have gone to a different camera.