[HN Gopher] Teledyne to Acquire FLIR Systems
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       Teledyne to Acquire FLIR Systems
        
       Author : alhirzel
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2021-01-04 15:54 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | arisAlexis wrote:
       | something was going on, Cathie Wood was buying up for weeks
        
         | tigger0jk wrote:
         | ARKQ's holdings of FLIR went from ~2.5% of the fund to ~3.75%
         | over the last 2 months, both from purchasing more and price
         | increase.
         | 
         | https://cathiesark.com/arkq-holdings-of-flir
        
       | exmadscientist wrote:
       | Well that's discouraging. I always hate having to interact with
       | any Teledyne company. They're not quite down to Danaher/Fortive's
       | level, but they seem to do their best to try. FLIR, in contrast,
       | was merely obscenely expensive.
        
       | colincooke wrote:
       | As someone who has used FLIR cameras, and other industrial
       | imaging systems I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand the
       | continued concentration of specialist camera tech is bad for the
       | market (FLIR a few years ago acquired point grey [0], a
       | competitor). On the other hand given my poor experience with FLIR
       | systems (bad software, bad interfacing) if that continues it
       | might be a good opportunity for a newcomer to shake things up.
       | 
       | [0]: https://investors.flir.com/news-releases/news-release-
       | detail...
        
         | lbotos wrote:
         | Appreciate you sharing your experience -- I've been considering
         | a FLIR cam, did you find a better alternative?
        
           | immmmmm wrote:
           | If your ready paying your camera the price of a small car,
           | Xenics has a few alternatives that work well. They also have
           | a support team who replies to your questions.
           | 
           | It's important to note that some technologies (Micro-
           | bolometers, InGaAs) have export restrictions due to
           | applications for weapons systems, etc..
        
           | RyJones wrote:
           | Not really. GP's remarks about software quality are spot on.
        
           | colincooke wrote:
           | Yeah there is nothing comperable. For those with infared
           | needs we're mostly stuck
        
           | alhirzel wrote:
           | there are none...
        
           | jbay808 wrote:
           | https://thinklucid.com/
           | 
           | This is a new company created by a bunch of ex- Point Grey
           | engineers who left FLIR. They're worth keeping an eye on.
        
           | lhpz wrote:
           | Seek Thermal is an alternative provider for thermal cameras:
           | https://www.thermal.com/
        
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