Hikmicro Falcon FH25, FH35, FQ35, FQ50 

Thank you for your comment. I tend to agree. Hikmicros have 2 modes, Forest and Identification. In this term one of these modes better than the other. What I experienced is this particularity has improved at new models (eg. Thunder 2, Panther 2).

I noticed that with a lot of higher resolution thermals. They become so detailed that actual heat sources become completely washed out against the detailed background. I have a Infiray T2 Pro which despite being low resolution, never has problems with the software washing heat sources out by mistake.

Thank you for your comment. I think best to watch this comparison on a large screen to be able to see the full potential of the higher resolution devices. Watching on small screen misleads. In terms of identification capabilities FH35 and FQ35 equal and FQ50 performs better. Here is why: I calculate the pixel coverage at 100m of each device I compare. This is calculated by using the horizontal field of view and the horizontal pixel quantity. For example for FH35 and for FQ35 this number is 34mm @ 100, this means that one pixel covers a 34mm x 34mm area at a 100m distance. So a 340mm tall heated object that is from 100 meters from the device, going to be displayed with 10 vertical pixels. With FQ50 the same object will be displayed with 14 (340/24=14,2) vertical pixels. So the FQ50 has a better view of an object in terms of identification capabilities, because the calculated pixel coverage is 24mm @ 100m. (the smaller the better) In this example I don't talk about display but only bolometer pixels. Usually thermal camera display resolution is higher than the bolometer resolution, and this provides some potential of displaying improvement for the image processing alghorithms at optical magnification (more potential at higher digital zoom levels). But this improvement potential is limited, because the base data that is processed for the display is limited by the bolometer resolution. Since all Falcon device bolometers has 12μm pixel pitch, that is why identification capabilities depends here only on objective lens focal length. At the same focal length devices (FH35 and FQ35) at base optical magnification only the field of view is different because of the different resolution. So without applying digital zoom on FQ35 you can see the object smaller and on a small screen you can not see the details. To be able to see this, please check the following sections where digital zoom of FQ35, FQ50 is shown and compare it to FH35. 03:04 04:29 05:16 07:15