Sionyx Aurora Night Vision Camera

Hunkydory · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:55 pm Post subject:

This one.
IR illuminator Flashlight, UltraFire 850nm Focus Adjustable IR Led Flashlight Infrared Light Torch on Amazon.

It doesn’t come with batteries, so ordered them separately.

I will be working on what mount might work best with maybe a ram clamp mount to my anchor light pole perhaps best. I’m considering a go pro mounted to this same spot for day time video recording of special occurrences & then switched to the night vision if needed.

Jay

thataway · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:07 pm Post subject:

Knipet · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:24 pm Post subject:

Peter & Judy · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:07 pm Post subject:

I just watched the impressive video and picked up this threat. My immediate reaction is 'I need one'. But, my second thought is how do I sell my frugal wife on one. I did buy a cheaper thermal night vision scope a few years ago on a bargain table and after taking out a couple of nights it went back as I could not see it as being very useful. This one looks much, much better. So I am letting a few of you other brats try it out and report back. I have never boated in the dark, as I am mostly in northern waters where the days are very long, but there are always emergency situations where it would be useful. Another use that would add versatility to the scope would be to have a rear facing mount to be used as a rearview camera when boating in daylight. I have on a few occasions had boats sneak up behind me because they were in a blind spot. Now if I can determine if the scope could be used at home for security or checking bison in the dark, I might be able to sell Judy on it.

jkidd · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:48 pm Post subject:

Would be great for counting bison in the dark ( Tax right off ).

mstrpo · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:04 pm Post subject:

Resurrecting this thread as I see SIONYX has released a camera specifically for boats and wondered if anyone has any experience with it?

https://www.sionyx.com/pages/boating

There's quite a thread (or 2!) on THT (https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/1058864-sionyx-aurora-sport-night-vision-camera-anybody-have-one.html) about the aurora sport. Some boaters have added the IR flood lights to great effect.

Pat

jkidd · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 1:10 am Post subject:

I think I still prefer a handheld so I can take it camping and not be limited to just the boat. I only set it up if I need it so it's not out in the sun all the time. I set mine on a small tripod and just set it outside the center window. It blue tooths to my Ipad.

mstrpo · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:51 am Post subject:

Portability is certainly a benefit of the hand-held. I assume most of us are only rarely out in the dark, it makes portability more meaningful as you can set it up only when you need it. If this new unit had come in close to the hand-held price, I'd be interested just for the convenience but 2+x the price pushes it out of my consideration.