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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patriot222" data-source="post: 1578930" data-attributes="member: 54470">ah...great to see another flashoholic here Swedpat <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I would say that any Polarion HID is a great companion to any optic for those who like doing some night viewing.  The particular one shown is the PH-50 and is capable of some fairly striking performance.  The weekend before this I was up at an uncle's ranch as was enjoying a pretty clear view of an owl in a Ponderossa Pine at 385 yards according to the Leica 1200.  It was fully illuminated despite the owls natural earth tones and low contrast with the background.  Both the 77mm and the 15x's worked well for seeing detail.  The 8X bins FOV is approximately the same size as the Polarion's corona which makes finding animals at night time very easy.  Reflective eyes jump out in the magnified image far better than with the naked eye.  The Polarion throws a reasonable amount of light out to about 1 kilometer in our cool, dry, Arizona evenings at 7000 feet elevation.    Thanks for saying hello Patric.  I'll look for you at Candle Power Forums too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Paul</blockquote>

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