On test: Leica Calonox View

Roy has a new toy. Mr Lupton has his hands on the new Leica thermal unit, the Calonox View, and he has an invitation to stalk fallow in Sussex. It's a good chance to put the spotter through its paces, and to bring home a beast for the freezer.
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There are more than two million red, roe, fallow, sika, muntjac and Chinese water deer in Britain’s countryside and semi-urban areas, the highest level for 1,000 years. Numbers have doubled since 1999, according to the Deer Initiative, the UK government’s deer agency.
Deer are an attractive and an important part of our wildlife. However, they have no natural predator in the UK so numbers must be sensibly and strategically managed to keep them in balance with their habitat and to prevent damage to crops, trees, woodland flora, gardens and other wildlife.
Deer cause £4.5 million-worth (Forestry Commission Scotland) of damage to plantations and other commercial woodlands in Scotland. Crop damage is estimated at £4.3m a year according to DEFRA, with the greatest damage on cereal crops in east and south-west England.
More than 8,000 hectares (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) of woodland with SSI status is currently in ‘unfavourable’ or ‘recovering’ condition due to deer impacts such as browsing and fraying. Deer can also influence the variety of wildlife in woodlands and other habitats by altering structural and plant species diversity. According to the University of East Anglia’s Dr Paul Dolman, that has resulted in a 50% decline in woodland bird numbers where deer are present, impacting particularly on nightingales, blackcaps, chiffchaffs and warblers.
Deer are susceptible to Bovine TB and may be responsible for the transmission of TB to cattle. They are also the likely driver behind the UK’s increasing tick population (Scharlemann et al 2008).
Happily, venison is a delicious meat. It is wild, natural and free range, and - almost fat-free - it is one of the healthiest meats available today. Results from research commissioned by the Game-to-Eat campaign (Leatherhead Food International Research 2006) suggest that there are real health benefits to eating game. Venison is high in protein, low in saturated fatty acids and contains higher levels of iron than any other red meat.
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[@pasqualinodibiase1106]

Il migliore in assoluto.

[@andreazanellato1982]

Hello! How view in the strong fog?

[@Kurdishhorsesociety]

How do you connect it to ur phone please pist a totarial

[@paulfranciosi8155]

Looks good wouldn't mind one for fishing I've got a nvm and a thermal imaging camera for ghost hunting but but for fishing and maybe paranormal work this would be great .

[@jimfraser734]

Are you Mad.

[@the_even_toed_ungulate.]

One good leg and a turkey twizzler

[@123dom93]

You'd be lucky to make one good leg out of the pair!

[@ooweesaler]

Would be good to say something about sensor quality, FOV and price but unfortunately nothing. Nice scenery and pretty pictures though.

[@daipigeon7561]

I agree with you

[@wolverinekut]

👍💯

[@imankarsidi4043]

👍

[@waltdurling9487]

So it's decent in daylight. But what about in the dark?

[@electriceyeslide5959]

It's Leica dude...

[@KiwiWithAGun]

It's exactly the same in the dark. It picks up heat and nothing else

[@johnstacy7902]

does that work on a rifle??

[@pillthepower]

£3,950.00

[@edwardoutthere3189]

Price of that optic 🙈🙈🙈

[@daipigeon7561]

Why not put the price up.. Its not that hard is it. Come on get your act together.. For a big out fot as youur self.. More detail about this item would be most helpful