Ecto Goggles
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seen on Ray Stantz's belt, the Ecto Goggles are designed to allow the wearer to see invisible ghosts and visually track PKE valences. The Ecto Goggles first appeared in the Sedgewick Hotel in the first Ghostbusters movie and were mainly worn by Ray. Egon and Peter did however wear them briefly in the montage.
In The Real Ghostbusters, the goggles tend to randomly and sparingly show up. Sometimes all four guys are wearing them. Here they are officially dubbed "Spectro-Visors", though this is the only iteration of the property to use this term to describe them.
Kenner made a pair of kid-sized Ecto Goggles in the Real Ghostbusters toyline that came with a small squeezable gun that popped out foam shots.
Also the Fright Features Ray figure is wearing Ecto Goggles and the Slimed Heroes Ray figure has removable Ecto Goggles as an accessory.
In Ghostbusters 2, the Ecto Goggles are worn a few times by Ray. They show up in the montage to catch the Jogger Ghost and in a deleted scene, Ray uses them to analyze the slime covered museum. Winston is the only Ghostbuster not to wear the Ecto Goggles in the movies. In the sequel the goggles had slightly different details including different lenses and the coloring to it was dull.
In Ghostbusters: The Video Game the goggles are officially dubbed the Paragoggles.
The Ecto Goggles are made from modified AN/PVS-5a Night Vision Goggles. A few fans have made copies of the body and lens available within the community. Another cheap alternative are Norm Gagnon's Ecto Goggles plans using welding goggles and plumbing fittings you can find at a hardware store.Found Items Include:Ecto Goggles Base - AN/PVS-5A Night Vision Goggles
AN/PVS-5 Night Vision Goggles are a self-contained, passive, image intensifying, night vision viewing system worn on the head with or without the standard battle helmet or aviator helmet. They are a second generation binocular system capable of providing night vision viewing using available light from the night sky (starlight, moonlight). The built-in infrared light source provides added illumination for close-up work such as map reading. The PVS-5 is equipped with a headstrap to allow "hands-free" operation. Shipping case, soft carrying case, eyepiece and objective lens cap, and arctic adapter assembly are authorized ancillary items. Demist shields are also provided to prevent fogging of the eyepiece.
The AN/PVS-5 individual night vision goggles (NVG) were procured in the early 1980s. A general purpose goggle, they are found in a variety of applications, such as for vehicle drivers, riflemen, and unit leaders. There are differences in each model that require separate model support packages. The bulk of the Marine Corps assets are AN/PVS-5As, although all three models are distributed in the Fleet Marine Force.
Right Lens (Silver Tipped) - Miranda/Mirax Laborec I Microscope Adapter
Not much is known about this camera-to-microscope adapter other than the fact that it is a rare find. The Mirax Laborec I is a very rare camera in itself and the adapters for this camera are even more difficult to find by themselves.
The standard thumb screws that come with the adapter are not correct to the prop used in the film.

