AURORA SPORT

I wrote a review, but am not sure if it went through, so I'll try again. first of all, I will say it does exactly as advertised. I watched a lot of youtube reviews, so pretty much knew what to expect. But it comes with no instructions at all. For basic use, you just turn it on and go for it, but there are many features that I had to google "manual for sionyx aurora sport, then I found about a 95 page set of instructions, which helped greatly! My two suggestions would be a built in IR light, and for the time lapse it could take more than 60 images per hour. (that is one a minute, I'd like to see one every couple of seconds or so). It doesn't work well under just star light, but with somewhat of a moon, it works OK, and living near a city, the ambient light is plenty enough to gain full advantage of it's capabilities. Kinda of a grainy picture, but that is to be expected. An IR flashlight works very well with it. I'm impressed, even after looking at all the youtube videos, I was still impressed once I was able to try it for myself. I use it just as a night vision scope, to see what is around in the dark.

First off, the negative--the SiOnyx Aurora Sport does not come with an instruction manual or any type of quick start guide. I open the box. See the camera. See the battery. And I have no clue how to insert it. I'm also wondering at this point, "maybe this is an open box item that someone returned? everybody include a quick start guide". But, no. If you go to their website (link wasn't allowed by Amazon), you'll find their user guide online along with the note that the Sport doesn't include guide, neck strap, or microfiber bag. I question the wisdom of that and almost deducted a star. But once I got the battery in the camera, charged it, and became familiar with the buttons and wheels, I began to warm up to the camera. I didn't buy it to take video. I bought it as a cheap monocular so that I can keep an eye on my property at night. I'm very rural by the way. No street lights or other light pollution. With just a sliver of the moon, it is dark enough that I can't see anything with the naked eye. Just a mix of dark shadows. But with the Aurora Sport, it gives me great a detailed view. I can comfortably walk around in the dark on my property. I can see deer grazing in my field about 150 yards away. They appear as very dark objects, almost black, and stand out against the surroundings which are much brighter and more colorful. You can clearly see when they lower their heads to graze and when they lift it to look around. The zoom is not very good though and I find it better to stay zoomed out. Inside my house, it's pitch black. The Sport doesn't have an illuminator and you can't see squat. Depending on your use, you may not want an illuminator anyway. Or at the very least, you want control over it and the spectrum. I bought a $18 Fandyfire infrared flashlight to go with the Sport and it works extremely well. The Fandyfire is completely invisible to the naked eye. No red light giveaway. With the Sport and Fandyfire, I can pretty much read large print books in the dark. Close-up, everything is in fine detail. Overall, this is a very good night vision camera (monocular), especially for the price. It's not military grade. It's probably not something you would use against other people that have true night vision. But if you're just wanting to check on things at night, and see a few hundred feet in the dark, then I absolutely recommend this.

Overall, we are impressed with the quality and function of the camera. It does what it says and performs better if you add a relatively inexpensive IR flashlight. Highly recommend using black and white mode for the darkest of nights along with an IR flashlight otherwise the image will become quite grainy. SiOnyx could have at least included a wrist strap as part of the package. It just seems a little short sighted on their part to save just a few pennies on each unit when such a small camera really does require a wrist strap to prevent it from being dropped. If they care about taking care of their customers, they will add a wrist strap to each box.

Ok, here's the deal. You will not get a user manual with the camera. You will NEED to hunt on the website to find the manual. If you're planning on using it as a marine night vision camera, you will need to read the manual to understand there is an auto shut-off that needs to be turned off. This is not obvious, so you think the camera has frozen. And, if you do not have 20/20 vision, you cannot set up the camera. The entire set up is not via the app, but looking through the monocal. I can't see it with my readers, without my contacts, etc. Do not expect assistance from customer service. The guy Bob does not read support requests, he only sends you information on setting up the wifi. That's it...really, every reply from Bob will be about setting up the camera. Awesome idea, awesome night vision, but poor instructions and impossible set up.

This thing is FANTASTIC! I paid full price, real review. Been looking at night vision for some time and most have such a narrow field of view they are worthless viewing backyard - like looking through a telescope. Then if you use IR illuminator through window it reflects back and does not function at all. This is basically a super low level of light capable camera. Has daylight mode, twilight mode and night mode. In total darkness will need an IR illuminator which I ordered for $8.00. Just got it, turned off lights in office, closed door and blinds, and looked in dark corners under desks in daylight mode and its excellent. Can see through windows easily and 42 degree field of view versus most night vision at 8 to 12 degrees. This thing should fly off the shelves at $399, it's fantastic!

以前にプレビューを書きましたがサイオニクスオーロラスポーツはとても良い作りのビデオカメラですが幾分の欠点が有りました 全く光の無い所では撮影出来無いのと倍率がデジタルズームの４倍のみと言った所が凄く惜しいです ソコでその２つの欠点を試行錯誤で自己満足レベルに引き上げる打開策を考案したので紹介致します 先ず真っ暗闇で撮影出来無いのを解決する為に赤外線イルミネーターを装着出来る様にしました、サイオニクスの底部の三脚穴に装着出来る三脚穴レールマウントにイルミネーターレールアダプターを装着して赤外線イルミネーターを取り付けしました遠くを撮影したいので赤外線領域は８５０のタイプです真正面から見ると赤く光るのが判りますがあくまでも真正面からだけです、気になる方は不可視光の９４０タイプをおすすめします そして倍率ですがカメラのステップアップリングの５２ミリタイプを購入したらサイオニクスのフロントレンズの外形49.6ミリに丁度ピッタリなので嵌め込みました、そしてステップアップリングの先端内径に適合する５８ミリのテレコンバーターレンズを先ずは２倍を装着して見ましたが見た感じでは２倍に成ら無かったので更に３．５倍を購入してやっと満足出来る倍率アップに成りました、更に倍率を求めるなら探せばステップアップリングに適合するのが有るかも知れません 今はテスト段階でステップアップリングは嵌め込んでるだけですが構想が確定したら強固な接着剤で固めようと思います 但し、倍率に固執したらその分画像が暗く成るので良い所を見極めないと駄目だと思います、皆さんの参考に成れば幸いです。

This unit will take pics and make full colour movies in near dark conditions the clarity is fantastic and there is no fuzzing of the images. What an awesome bit of kit…grab one whilst you can.

天体観測に使用してます。流星観測には動画で使っています。動画はこの間の双子座流星群の流星です。画面の右上が流星です。左下の点滅は航空機です。

The SiOnyx Aurora is a very compact, lightweight piece of kit. It can take pictures and record in colour which is a USP for this night vision camera. I bought this specifically for stargazing and UFO capture. Here is a breakdown of the performance: Zoom - is okay but is grainy on the maximum zoom Lighting feature - you can make it lighter or darker in view which is handy Ease of use - pretty easy to setup and use. The recording capability is like a mini camcorder, really good Capture - is okay, you can playback any photos or recordings straight away Night vision - is pretty reasonable for the price, I was able to see a lot more stars than the naked eye could, it will not perform to the level of a gen 2+ night vision goggles at 2.5k, but reasonable nonetheless Importing data - you have to download the app and then connect the camera to your device (mobile, tablet) in order to download the photos or videos. The app is a bit clunky and slow Overall a reasonable night vision camera for the price that can capture in colour. The night vision capture during darkness is like your in illuminated conditions so pretty good.

過去に色々なナイトビジョンを購入してきましたが、バッテリーの持ち時間がどれも短く画面も緑や白黒でした。 このAURORAは好みで切り換えられるし、なんせカラーで綺麗に見えるのが良いですね。写真や動画の機能も文句の言いようがありません。 先日も子供たちと星空を見てました。 Wi-Fiでタブレットに画像を映して楽しめます。 AURORAで見る星空は見た人でないと感動が押し寄せる気持ちがわからないと思います。 さすがに真っ暗なところでは見れませんが、ろうそくの灯りが1本あれば昼間の様に見えますから楽しくて仕方ありません。 夜のキャンプなどでは、昼間の様に映し出されますから面白いですよ。 買って正解でした☺️