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Originally Posted by BenG
I can agree to that.
I should clear this up, because a few people have asked now, I have used: DVS-8 (russian gen 3 was outstanding for a russian product, id put it slightly below omni 6), D300 SHP (photonis XD-4), yukon spartan with rifle kit (the only gen 1 I would ever touch again), I owned a sightmark ghost hunter 1x24 would not recommend, and I currently own a GS-14, its good for the price you pay, not as good as a photonis XD-4 in terms of S/R and resolution but has significantly less image distortion (fish bowling in the outer edges).
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Okay this is what I mean dude. You say it's below OMNI 6, but have you seen an OMNI 5 in Person? And OMNI 4? I have seen aviation OMNI 4 tubes that are almost indistinguishable from OMNI 7 tubes. They are ridiculously good. Or do you just mean it's darker, and in what qualities? Raw sensitivity? Resolution? Signal to Noise? A combination of all 3? What makes it "below Omni 6"?
You mention the D300 SHP has an Photonis XD-4, but did you actually see if it was an XD-4 (or have something in writing) or was it one of their numerous commercial grade tubes? I know Photonis offloads a lot of commercial stuff on the US market but not so much with the XD4. Most D300's with SHP I know are using Photonis commercial or old school DEP SuperGen tubes.
And then you say the Photonis XD-4, a high end military grade tube on the international market, has edge distortion? Are you kidding me? Compared to a GS14 housing with what tube is inside? What did you get, what price did you pay? That is some critical information to provide if you are going to knock down a high end, high cost tube such as an XD-4.
This is actually mind boggling and I'm convinced you have zero practical experience or academic knowledge on this subject. It was shaky at first but we were along and willing to help. You trashing an XD-4 compared to some shit tier tube thrown into a GS-14 is all the proof anyone needs. You appear to know very little and are almost making stuff up at this point. You should stop, get some time behind these units and do significantly more research before trying to help people in how they spend their money. It's their money, not yours. You are doing a disservice to this community by offering advice on a subject you have almost limited understanding of.
I'm going to withdraw from this thread as it's clear that no matter how much people contribute in building this thread up, the very foundation is critically flawed. I'm letting this post now serve as a warning: anyone who is seriously looking at buying NVG's can direct questions to EOD Steve, Pestobanana, myself, c3sk, ThunderCactus, docholiday - or anyone else in the NV crowd. You would get more accurate information and a much clearer picture of how your needs might translate into a purchase you can be happy with.