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I have worked on cooled and uncooled thermal imagers (FLIRs) as a software engineer and am very familiar with their functionality. This is a great little camera especially for the price. Having a 206x156 detector and priced a little over $200 makes it a fantastic value. Only issues I have that could be fixed in software: 1) There is a brief freezing of the image every 5-seconds or so. This, I believe is due to the calibration procedure that the camera does every so often to determine the sensitivity of each detector pixel and create a normalization table for the gain and level for each detector pixel. I think 5 seconds is WAY too often. It could probably be changed to once every minute or so. This I think changing this to one or two minutes would enhance the user experience. 2) Another thing I noticed it the overall gain and level of the image. When looking at a low-contrast scene I thought the image to be too bland and too bright (this is in white-hot mode). Cranking the gain up a bit on these low-contrast scenes and making them overall a bit darker (in white-hot) I think would make for a more pleasing image. This might be something the software engineers at Seek Thermal should look to optimize. I actually own this 38degree FOV camera and the 20degree FOV camera. Total investment a little over $500. Cant beat that with a stick! Mark Hammons Plano, TX, USARead full review
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Very simple to use, download the Seek Thermal app from the App Store onto your iPhone or iPad, plug it in, and allow the app to have access to the device, your photos, and your location. Sure, the sensor resolution is far lower than your screen, but you can easily identify hot/cold spots with sufficient detail. Things to note: You need to manually focus it. Here again, laser-sharp focus isn't critical, but you can adjust it. The field of view isn't very wide, so you may need to take multiple photos or a video if the area you're scanning is large (like an entire room from the inside, or an entire house from the outside. You can choose between 16x9 or 4x3 for image format. 16x9 is the default, but it zooms in on a 4x3 format, and you lose the top/bottom. I opted for 4x3, to see the whole image -- personal preference.Read full review
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The thermal imaging camera comes in a nice case and snaps into place easily. The image that you see is very blurred even when you try to focus it. It is hardly recognizable what you are seeing through the camera. I was not impressed at all. I wish I was able to try one out or see a sample working before buying it. I'm wondering if it is really showing the temperature differences or just changing the colors that the camera is showing to make you think it is real.
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I bought this to aid in hunting when retrieving deer that were shot and now must be found. While I have not had the opportunity to do this yet I have had people conceal themselves and while invisible to the eye they were obvious to the Seek. I heated ketchup to 100F to simulate a blood trail on a gravel road and that was able to be seen also for about 10-15 minutes on a summer night. Overall very pleased. You should have reasonable expectations, this is not a 5-10K military device. Don't expect detail images like a ScyFy movie. It finds people and my cat. I have no doubt it will find deer and save me hours of upset and exhaustion doing so. Included hard case is excellent and the device adds no more weight to my pack than a pack of gum.
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Great item! Great Price! I'm a member of a paranormal group and we do ghost hunts about every other weekend. This device does just as good of quality work as some of the Thermals that cost thousands. Highly recommended purchase! That app is quick and easy to install and the camera is very simple to operate. A great addition to the team's equipment. ~Thank you~
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