William John Collins, JR
Plumbers at Platte Riv Dr, Englewood, CO

6326604, Dec 4, 2001

Dec 10, 1998

9/209378

William J. Collins - Englewood CO

H01J 4014

250214VT

An optical intensification system for viewing an input source through a telescope or camera lens or other input optical device. The system includes a housing having an input thread coupling adapted to be coupled to the input optical device, an image intensifier positioned within the housing for amplifying the input source, and a lens coupled to an output thread coupling of the housing for providing a virtual image of the input source viewable by the human eye. The image intensifier can provide luminous gain on the order of 20,000 to at least 35,000. In an alternate arrangement, the lens can be coupled to the output thread coupling of the housing using an adapter having one end adapted to be coupled to the housing, and another end adapted to be coupled to an image capturing device, such as a CCD video camera, CCD camera, film camera, digital camera, or other image capturing device. The invention permits viewing the input source, optically intensified through the intensifier, as a virtual image through the lens using the human eye, or as a real image through the lens viewable through an image capturing device, depending on whether the lens is attached directly to the image intensifier or is attached to the image intensifier through the adapter.