Gadget Review: Thermal Master DV2 - Infrared Birdwatching Scope ★★★★⯪

The good folks at Thermal Master have sent me their DV2 camera to review. As their name suggests, this is a thermal / infrared camera - they've specifically designed this for bird watching and animal spotting. Let's put it through its paces and see how it compares to the competition! Straight away you can see it is different from normal IR cameras - they tend to have a small fixed screen and a rubber button interface. This has a lush touchscreen which displays the thermal image and is used to control the camera. The screen can go bright enough to be easily visible in full daylight, and you can dim it down to something more appropriate for night-time viewing. OK, enough waffle, time to get snapping! Photos Here are some shots from the camera of various bits of wildlife near me. I haven't edited these images, they're exactly what you get from the camera. The resolution is 512x384. There's no EXIF metadata - so no location information. There's also no in-picture thermal gradient so you…