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Firstly a big thank you to Geoff for sorting my registration problems.

I currently run with a Rapid 7 standard power, Anschutz carbine 22 rimmy, Anschutz .17hmr. Zeiss Duralite 3-12x50. Zeiss Conquest 3.5 - 10 x44 and a Nikko Gold crown on the Rapid.

Having just sold my Photon 4.5 x 42 I am looking to up grade. Fancy the Photon 6x50 but cant find the L version which I believe has the better camera and range. It appears that the "S" version is the only one available in the UK. Having said that the Ward 700 looks pretty good and would make changing rifles easier. Perhaps you chaps could advise if the ward would work with my current scopes.

Its a big ask but there is a lot of experience out there and as we all know night vision can be an expensive learning curve. The majority of my night work is rabbits with the occasional fox, I have some excellent ratting in barns and around pens and feeders great fun with the Rapid. If the funds were available it would be nice to have dedicated night weapons but we can all wish, us pensioners have loads of time to hunt but limited funds (did I detect a few tears lol) Any way guys that's my intro complete look forward to sharing some future jaunts and experiences.

Wilderness Jack

The only difference between the "S" and "L" photons is the built in illuminator
The "S" model has an 810nm LED illuminator and the"L" model has a 780nm laser illuminator.
The cameras are the same in both models, but is more sensitive to the laser wavelength than the LED wavelength which is why the spec sheet says the recognition range for the "L" model is 230m against 150m for the "S" model.
If recognition range is an issue, the solution is to fit an external illuminator such as a T20.
The WDV700 is an excellent add-on and probably the best of it's type available at the moment - but make sure the scopes you use it on have some form of focus adjustment - preferably side focus that will go down to short range - 10 yards or so.

Cheers

Bruce