{"id":7121,"date":"2014-02-02T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T15:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7121"},"modified":"2014-02-02T14:49:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T19:49:49","slug":"stealthscope-by-zistos-video-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7121","title":{"rendered":"StealthSCOPE by Zistos Video Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zistos<\/a>I spent some quality time with Robert Levine and Michael Sterflinger at the Zistos Video Systems<\/a> SHOT Show 2014 booth.\u00a0 I was not just impressed with their Made in the USA (Holbrook, NY) products, but with Zistos\u2019 extremely strong customer service attitude.\u00a0 I also got to play with one of their cool new toys\u2014the StealthSCOPE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The StealthSCOPE is a tactical tool that has a small articulating camera head that can be maneuvered into tough, tight spaces for covert video surveillance.\u00a0 I took photos of its sibling, the ExplorerSCOPE.\u00a0 The \u201cwand\u201d of these scopes moves in four directions to be able to place the camera in the desired orientation.<\/p>\n

A 980 nm infrared laser provides a light source to the camera that is invisible to the human eye.\u00a0 With this IR laser and enhanced video electronics, the StealthSCOPE can see in total darkness for 20+ feet.\u00a0 In visible light, the StealthSCOPE provides images up to 40 feet.\u00a0 These images can be viewed through the high resolution monocular or \u201cwired\u201d to Zistos\u2019 5\u201d LCD monitor.<\/p>\n

\"Zistos<\/a> \"Zistos<\/a> \"Zistos<\/a> \"Zistos<\/a>I discovered that Robert and Michael are engineers who started out working with industrial inspection equipment.\u00a0 That led them to found Zistos Corporation and begin making search and rescue electronics.\u00a0 A natural progression was to move into the tactical arena.<\/p>\n

Both of these gentlemen said that their end users drive the product development.\u00a0 They rely heavily on advice from the men and women who will employ their electronics in the field as an anchor point for design.\u00a0 I think it was Michael who said, \u201cYou tell us what you need, and we will know how to build it.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was looking at a Zistos tactical pole camera in the booth.\u00a0 I noticed that the monitor was linked to the pole and camera section with flexible rubberized wire.\u00a0 Robert said that, increasingly, they are finding that interception technology exists to pull wireless feeds out of the air by bad guys (or the Media).\u00a0 He said this is becoming less expensive and less difficult to obtain\u2026and more dangerous for tactical operators.\u00a0 Zistos pays attention to these details.<\/p>\n