Shiny, do you actually have night vision? I really do not believe it, because if you did, you would rip them off whenever you encountered a street light and you would be blinded whenever you passed an oncoming car. This is a picture I took inside using night vision. Not bad, eh?
I was looking through a pinhole.
A pinhole.
A hole perhaps 1/16th of an inch across.
Just think how much more light would have come through without the lens covers on.