Just thinking about being able to find targets earlier -- at greater
distance through brush and heavy cover. As i've said before I use a
flatline a5 RT w/remote so i can wing the paint out there if I could just
aquire a target.

Today I went into town and thought about finding a pistol scope or similar
scope with long relief -- so you cold hold the a5 in normal shooting stance
-- something low powered because you only need to see 100-500 feet. My
plan was to only use the scope for long shots and to checkout a spot for
guys in heavy cammo.

So I didn't see anything that knocked my socks off -- didn't hit any major
stores cos in the boonies the selection is limited.

I work in digital imaging so then I got thinking -- sheesh -- you could rig
a ccd camera and pipe that to a 3-4 inch lcd screen and use digital zoom to
do simple motion detection. You could even outline the motion in red so
you'd have a third eye where your gun was pointing. The algorythm would be
complex cos you need to eliminate camera motion, but frame stabalizers
exist for camcorders so it can be done.

Even if you started with standard CCD + lcd you could focus on the screen
but maintain situational awareness -- as you've probably noticed when you
look down a scope the world gets very small. An active lcd would provide
enough magification for the 500 foot limit, but not distract you from the
surroundings completely.

Once you got your target you could just ignore the CCD and shoot as normal.

heh imagine this integrated into your mask. smartguns -- a little screen
showing where ever your gun is pointing

I'm gonna investigate this.

> complex cos you need to eliminate camera motion, but frame stabalizers
> exist for camcorders so it can be done.
>
> Even if you started with standard CCD + lcd you could focus on the screen
> but maintain situational awareness -- as you've probably noticed when you
> look down a scope the world gets very small. An active lcd would provide
> enough magification for the 500 foot limit, but not distract you from the
> surroundings completely.
>
> Once you got your target you could just ignore the CCD and shoot as normal.
>
> heh imagine this integrated into your mask. smartguns -- a little screen
> showing where ever your gun is pointing
>
> I'm gonna investigate this.
>
>
>
>

I think you'd find that being able to look around corners with it would
be far more effective than using it for zoom, especially crappy digital
zoom. Like .5 degrees of movement on the camera zoomed in 10x is going
to make you sea sick
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