Pulsar Night vision devices
The Pulsar brand of the Belarusian manufacturer has a strong, historically built position on the night vision market. Its instruments have a strong position in the digital NV field, thanks to a balanced mix of imaging capability and operating ergonomics.
The manufacturer usually integrates higher wavelength illuminators (915 or 940nm in newer types) into the devices, so that owners of these devices have no problem with game reaction. Unfortunately, the power of these integrated illuminators does not exploit the potential of these devices and is usually sufficient for quality rendering of details up to about 120m, after that the quality of the display decreases due to insufficient illumination.
Ironically, the latest types (Digisight N455, Digex N455) even have integrated illuminators without the possibility of focusing the beam (and in the manufacturer's settings the cone is quite wide), so the light is scattered over a larger area, which reduces the performance of the illuminator at medium and longer distances. In addition, the higher light scattering of these NVs brings another problem - when hunting by shuffling, the risk of illuminating the terrain near the hunter increases (even taller grass is enough) and the light from the illuminator bounces back to the device - the latter reacts by automatically darkening the viewfinder, but this also means a significant reduction in the ability to view more distant objects.
In terms of sensitivity to the "invisible" wavelength of the illuminator, NVs of this brand are among the best on the market - with our diode illuminator Luna 940, an extension of the viewing distance of about 4 times can be achieved compared to the integrated illuminator - the recognition of game species is possible at 400-450m (depending on conditions), at shorter distances the image is significantly cleared compared to the integrated illuminator. Thanks to the possibility of focusing the beam of the Luna 940 invisible illuminator, the problem of back reflection, described with new types of this brand, is also eliminated.