Some comment on your comments
1. Yes the documentation is sadly lacking for the Reveal Pro. I wish they had provided a URL to a decent manual that reflected the ‘PRO’ status that Seek claim for the Reveal PRO model
2. It is common for USB chargers to not be supplied with equipment these days. Mobile phone manufacturers were the first to do this. The ideology behind the move is that most buyers already have one or more USB chargers and that may be used. The idea is to reduce waste and duplication. Not convenient for those without a suitable USB charger but, as you say, such chargers are common and cheap. HOWEVER from a manufacturers standpoint I would be worried about nasty poorly designed chargers damaging My products charge circuit so would want to provide a decent charger to prevent warranty claims.
3. Power on is a quick press of the central button. Power off is a long press of the central button. The camera then goes into shutdown with a “Please wait” display as it gets its affairs in order (managed shutdown of Linux)
4. The unit has the PCB tracks and pads for Wi-Fi but sadly no model released to date has the parts installed
I agree that this omission is a pity.
5. I remember reading “somewhere” in one of the reveal manuals that you can delete files in the Reveal from your PC without issue. I strongly suggest you do not use a format command though as I am unsure of the Reveal Pro flash memory architecture. Formatting a FLIR E4 picture memory has caused issues. The standard Reveal cameras use a removable micro SD Flash card and the camera just acts like a USB card reader in PC Mode so a format would be permissible but pretty pointless anyway. Just select unwanted picture files and delete them using the camera option or via the PC connection.
6. Accuracy is a bit of an issue with small cores like the FLIR LEPTON and Seek Thermal offerings. The manufacturers are being honest about the accuracy for which I congratulate and respect them. These compact cores are built down to a price and compromises were made. I wrote a piece on those compromises that I will see if I can find in my emails. Basically, the requirements for accurate temperature measurement are not met by these tiny cores so accuracy suffers. For many tasks this can be tolerated as a downside of the lower cost and affordable product. The temperature accuracy of the Seek Core has been known to improve after a temperature stabilisation period of up to 5 minutes. I will be testing my Seek Reveal Pro measurement accuracy against professional blackbody sources soon. The manufacturer has chosen to be honest and declare relatively poor accuracy but that does not mean the core exhibits such a wide tolerance after a temperature settling period and in reasonable ambient temperatures. We shall see. We also need to consider the preset emmissivities rather than user set precise emissivity for a target. Such could also influence the accuracy specification provided by Seek.
Fraser