Tactical Red Dot Site...for your camera?

MATTH2281 wrote in post #10195256
whole new meaning to "Boom Headshot"

Ahem.

*refers to POTN nickname*

(yes, sadly my nickname came from counter strike, another shooting video game, and isn't about shooting portraits :lol

Headshotzx wrote in post #10195423
Ahem.

*refers to POTN nickname*

(yes, sadly my nickname came from counter strike, another shooting video game, and isn't about shooting portraits :lol

hahaha... yea, first thing that came to mind was the FPS games...

DarthSparky wrote in post #10194072
Oh it won't get that far because, of course, you have not actually done anything illegal!! Taking photos in a public place is not against the law!

Umm. I think you’ll find that the police think it is.

ok, so is there a link to the sync port or something so it turns OFF when you actually shoot, or will all your shots have a nice crosshair on the subject? lol

jacobsen1 wrote in post #10196239
ok, so is there a link to the sync port or something so it turns OFF when you actually shoot, or will all your shots have a nice crosshair on the subject? lol

its not in front of the lens

isn't this actually projecting a laser onto the "target" though? If not, why do you need anything more than a plastic ring?

jacobsen1 wrote in post #10196729
isn't this actually projecting a laser onto the "target" though? If not, why do you need anything more than a plastic ring?

No. It's a very dim red LED, the light of which is aimed at a glass disc in the sights. You align the finder with your lens by aiming the lens at something in the distance then adjusting the finder until the red dot on the glass screen sits over the target.

When properly aligned you can aim your lens at a target by placing the red dot. In astronomy this is very handy as it can be quite difficult to point the lens at a particular spot in the sky.

jacobsen1 wrote in post #10196729
isn't this actually projecting a laser onto the "target" though? If not, why do you need anything more than a plastic ring?

See this is what I don't get either. If we can see the dot on them then so can the lens surely?

Edit: - Someone just posted explanation above. I still don't understand it mind.:o

jacobsen1 wrote in post #10196729
isn't this actually projecting a laser onto the "target" though? If not, why do you need anything more than a plastic ring?

It is exactly like the AF points in your camera's viewfinder. Only difference is that bullets require more precision to hit than an AF point.

You could do the same with a plain plastic ring but that would be like shooting through a viewfinder with no AF points so you'd be guess where the camera will focus.

I guess this could work okay if you are shooting BIF and have zeroed the sight so that the aiming point indicates the same position as the center AF point at whatever distance you normally are from the birds. These sights are the rangefinder cameras of the shooting world, allowing the user to keep both eyes open while quickly composing and shooting.

Yea saw that a while ago. Thought it was hilarious and silly! Would go perfect with one of these:

Lara loo wrote in post #10197011
Edit: - Someone just posted explanation above. I still don't understand it mind.:o

An ordinary gun sight has a pair of cross-hairs in a tube - yeah? When it's aligned properly you stick the cross-hairs on the target, pull the trigger and hit the target. This works the same way, but cross hairs are difficult to see when you're pointing at the night sky, so the light of a red LED is reflected from a partially mirrored glass lens so that it shines back towards you.

wow, OK for astronomy maybe I see the purpose, but otherwise this seems VERY lame.

its nice for wildlife too.

Mount this on your camera along with a Bigma; you might get some attention.

Viva-photography wrote in post #10191546
http://www.engadget.co​m …g-tangos-a-viewfinder-fr/

A report by Tim Stevens


Does this seem like anything you'd want to try? haha

Should go with this as well...