Armasight Prometheus-Pro 640 4-32×100,Thermal Imaging Monocular, FLIR Tau 2, 640×512
$12,763.21
The Armasight Prometheus-Pro 640 4-32x100mm Thermal Imaging Monocular is the pinnacle of Armasight’s line of uncooled thermal weapon sight units. Utilizing FLIR TAU-2 Technology, the Armasight Prometheus Pro 4-32×100 Thermal Imaging Monocular features a military-grade 100mm Germanium (Ge) lens designed for maximum long-range capabilities. This unit is built to withstand even the harshest conditions. With its simple and intuitive controls, functions and features, the Prometheus Pro Thermal Imager is incredibly easy to use, even under high-stress field conditions. Armasight has included an electronic compass and inclinometer in the Prometheus Pro 640 as well, ensuring you always know your exact environmental conditions. The Prometheus Pro uses a 9-pin multipin connector to provide video-in imagery, and has Bluetooth wireless capability that will connect with most smart phones. If you’re looking for the absolute best in thermal imaging technology, check out the Armasight 4-32x100mm Prometheus Pro 640 Thermal Monocular. Specifications for Armasight Thermal Imaging Monocular – Prometheus Pro 640: Objective Lens Type: Germanium Magnification: 4x – 32 x Type of Focal Plane Array: FLIR Tau 2 Pixel Array Format: 640×512 Pixel Size: 17 um Refresh Rate: 30 or 60 Hz Display Type: AMOLED SVGA 060 Objective Focal Length: 100 mm Objective F-number: 1:1.2 Focusing Range: 5 m to inf. Battery Life: > 6 hr (optional up to 14 hours) Battery: 4 each 123A 3.0VDC or 4 each AA 1.5VDC (Optional Extended Battery Pack with rechargeable batteries (up to 8 hours) or 6 VDC/ 1А external power source) Operating Temperature: -51 to +57°C (-59 to +134°F) Storage Temperature: -57 to +85°C (-70 to +185°F) Dimensions: 170x76x64 mm / 6.7×2.9×2.5 in Weight: 0.53 kg / 1.2 lbs Warranty: 3 Years (10-year warranty on FLIR detector) Features of Armasight Prometheus Pro 640 Thermal Image Monocular: 3 Year Warranty 24/7 Operation in presence of environmental obscurants (smoke, dust, haze, fog) Superior engineering and design from inception to Armasight’s 20/50 standard Rugged MIL-STD-810 compliant performance Operates on 123A or AA batteries Objective Germanium Lens Options TAU-2 17um Pitch Thermal Sensor SVGA 800×600 OLED Display Digital Compass Digital Inclinometer Battery Status Indicator Selectable Palettes: White Hot/ Black Hot/ Sepia/ OEM Custom/ Other Color Variants Active Contrast Enhancement (ACE) – a digital “Contrast” correction that allows for a smart scene optimization based on dynamic adjustments where a variety of contrast levels occur depending on relative scene temperature. Second Generation Digital Detail Enhancement (DDE) a “Sharpness” correction that is digitally enhances the picture to present clearer imagery, significantly improves edge sharpening and further reduces image noise. Smart Scene Optimization (SSO) – a fine-tuning computational correction that significantly improves an overall visual acuity for targets that have thermal signatures similar to a surrounding background. Information Based Histogram Equalization (IBHEQ) a “Sky/Sea” enhancement information based environment dependent algorithm that automatically adjusts camera gain and excludes pixels determined to not contain critical information, specifically helpful in scenes with lots of sky or water. User Controlled Manual Non Uniformity Correction/Flat-Field Correction (UCMNUC/FFC). There is a mechanical shutter between the camera sensor and the lens. This shutter is used to perform a non-uniformity correction (NUC) also known as flat-field correction (FFC. During FFC, the shutter presents a uniform temperature source to each detector element in the array. While imaging the flat-field source, the camera updates the offset correction coefficients, resulting in a more uniform image after the process is complete. All Armasight thermal imagers allow for user to manually trigger or interrupt scheduled UCMNUC/FFC function. Silent Shutterless NUC (SSN) In addition to user controlled manual NUC/FFC all Zeus models employ a digital supplemental non-mechanical flat-field correction that allows to extend the periods between mechanical shutter events and to further reduce image noise. SSN is always ON enhancement. Works with Armasight’s Enhanced Mobile Applications Package Contents: Armasight Prometheus-Pro 640 4-32x100mm Thermal Imaging Monocular
RumPum –
I do realize that most of you are reading this review just to figure out whether 100mm lens is as great as guys in Armasight describe it, so I’m going to answer this question in the very last sentence. First of all, Prometheus Pro monocular has an outstanding acquisition capability. Fog, smoke, dust or other environmental obscurants like that don’t pose any obstacle for my scope. Colors on display are rich in contrast and it’s really easy to navigate between image palettes in the menu. The next point is Digital Detail Enhancement feature. This is one of the most useful things offered, as for me, since it makes the picture sharper and removes image noise. And yes, 100 mm lens is even better than just great! 5 out of 5!
Henry –
I was skeptical about its ability to operate under really trying weather conditions. The device seemed to me too fragile, but had no problem with it. The Prometheus helped a lot even during the heavy rain, while my brother’s thermal unit couldn’t show him anything under such conditions. Easy to operate, clear and sharp image and many possibilities to adjust the unit according to the personal needs. I guess many people ask themselves if it is worth to pay so much for one device. After trying the Prometheus Pro 640 in the field I can honestly say: “Yeah! Totally”.