Comments on: digital design is new special operations camo http://domhyde.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/digital-design-is-new-special-operations-camo/ blogging everything camouflage Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:43:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: there can be only one… can’t there? « The Camo Side of Dominic Hyde http://domhyde.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/digital-design-is-new-special-operations-camo/#comment-219 there can be only one… can’t there? « The Camo Side of Dominic Hyde Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:31:16 +0000 http://domhyde.wordpress.com/?p=301#comment-219 [...] US Army’s camouflage uniform woes in Afghanistan opened on a new chapter today. Readers will recall that the States’  Special Operations soldiers were dissatisfied with their current uniform, [...] [...] US Army’s camouflage uniform woes in Afghanistan opened on a new chapter today. Readers will recall that the States’  Special Operations soldiers were dissatisfied with their current uniform, [...]

]]> By: SAINT http://domhyde.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/digital-design-is-new-special-operations-camo/#comment-201 SAINT Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:18:19 +0000 http://domhyde.wordpress.com/?p=301#comment-201 very cool website, nice to see someone who seriously knows his stuff :) I've been looking for a type of digital cam that is similar to catpat but doesn't appear as dark in shadow. Where i'm living it's fairly dry so something like this might work well, just need to find a place that i can buy it :( very cool website, nice to see someone who seriously knows his stuff :)

I’ve been looking for a type of digital cam that is similar to catpat but doesn’t appear as dark in shadow. Where i’m living it’s fairly dry so something like this might work well, just need to find a place that i can buy it :(

]]> By: strikehold http://domhyde.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/digital-design-is-new-special-operations-camo/#comment-174 strikehold Tue, 19 May 2009 11:27:09 +0000 http://domhyde.wordpress.com/?p=301#comment-174 The AOR patterns are basically the Woodland and Desert versions of MARPAT without the embedded EGA logo. Once again it appears that Truth is less spectacular than speculation and rumour.... The really interesting stuff will be the next generation after MARPAT and UCP. ;-) The AOR patterns are basically the Woodland and Desert versions of MARPAT without the embedded EGA logo. Once again it appears that Truth is less spectacular than speculation and rumour….

The really interesting stuff will be the next generation after MARPAT and UCP. ;-)

]]> By: domhyde http://domhyde.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/digital-design-is-new-special-operations-camo/#comment-172 domhyde Mon, 18 May 2009 16:26:17 +0000 http://domhyde.wordpress.com/?p=301#comment-172 It's a tricky one to pin down, Allan. Without seeing it in person, or seeing a lot more photos of it, I wouldn't like to judge what the colours are like. However, whether there is black or not is irrelevant with respect to infra red observation, as modern pigment additives can make any colours appear dark or pale under a black light, according to the designer's wishes. DPM. for instance, has four colours, but they appear as just two contrasting shades under NIR light. The tricky part is maintaining contrast between four colours through night observation devices, without the lightest shade appearing too light. At least a seven percent difference in spectral reflectance values is necessary to create this contrast, with the darkest colour reflecting less than 10% and the lightest no more than 60 - 70%. The Mod clearly opted to reduce the brown and black to the same low levels of NIR reflectance, and create a common high reflectance measurement for the green and khaki colours. It’s a tricky one to pin down, Allan. Without seeing it in person, or seeing a lot more photos of it, I wouldn’t like to judge what the colours are like. However, whether there is black or not is irrelevant with respect to infra red observation, as modern pigment additives can make any colours appear dark or pale under a black light, according to the designer’s wishes. DPM. for instance, has four colours, but they appear as just two contrasting shades under NIR light. The tricky part is maintaining contrast between four colours through night observation devices, without the lightest shade appearing too light. At least a seven percent difference in spectral reflectance values is necessary to create this contrast, with the darkest colour reflecting less than 10% and the lightest no more than 60 – 70%. The Mod clearly opted to reduce the brown and black to the same low levels of NIR reflectance, and create a common high reflectance measurement for the green and khaki colours.

]]> By: Allan http://domhyde.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/digital-design-is-new-special-operations-camo/#comment-170 Allan Mon, 18 May 2009 14:44:10 +0000 http://domhyde.wordpress.com/?p=301#comment-170 AOR2 looks a lot like CADPAT/MARPAT with Multicam colours. The dark brown instead of black should be better in Infra Red. AOR2 looks a lot like CADPAT/MARPAT with Multicam colours. The dark brown instead of black should be better in Infra Red.

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