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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Bushnell ImageView 10x25 VGA Digital Camera Binocular
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List Price: $109.99
Our Price: $59.99
Your Save: $ 50.00 ( 45% )
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Manufacturer: Bushnell
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Bushnell
EAN: 0029757111036
Feature: Binocular/digital camera combo
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Bushnell
Manufacturer: Bushnell
Model: 11-1025
Publisher: Bushnell
Studio: Bushnell
Variation Description: 10x25
Warranty: 2 years warranty
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Features
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Binocular/digital camera combo
10x magnification, 25mm objective lenses
640 x 480 digital image resolution great for e-mailing
8 MB of built-in memory stores nearly 150 pictures
Fold-down rubber eyecups to accommodate eyeglass wearers
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Editorial Reviews:
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A good binocular can enhance your view; Image View binoculars will do the same for your memories. Bushnell Performance Optics has combined the high magnification and powerful performance of a Bushnell binocular with the advanced technical wizardry of a compact digital camera, giving you the option to capture and save any sight you experience. The Image View is ideal for sports fans, outdoor enthusiasts, adventure travelers, anyone with a desire to view and record whatever experiences come their way. Why settle for magnifying life when you can remember it for all time?
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A wonderful idea...
Comment: These binoculars are good, but they do have their limitations.
1. The camera DOES NOT adjust focus with the binoculars! It has a set focus range of 30 feet, which means that unless you are at least that distance away, your target will not be in focus in the photograph. I found this a particular problem as I wanted to use them for backyard bird spotting/photographing, but a lot of the time the birds were just too close. If they were further away, they were still out of focus because the camera would focus on leaves and trees that were at the 30 feet marker.
2. With the extra equipment between the two eye pieces, I couldn't look through both lenses at the same time... the binoculars wouldn't close in narrow enough for my skinny nose!
3. I felt that they also drained the batteries quite heavily.
The binoculars themselves are good enough. They focus like normal binoculars and I didn't have a problem with them (other than not being able to see through both lenses at the same time!)
The extra buttons and the on-screen menu for the camera were easy to understand. The little preview screen was very useful - I would search for my target through the binoculars, then center it on the screen before I took my picture.
I'm not sure why other people are having trouble previewing their pictures. I was able to do this. I was also able to turn off the beeps that some have mentioned. The on-screen menu also allows you to go through your pictures to preview and delete if you wish. I wonder if this is because I was using an SD card? Perhaps the people having trouble with this were just using the camera memory...
Overall, I would say think very carefully about what you need them for before you go ahead and buy this particular set. I imagine they will suit some purposes well - like racing tracks where your target is over 30 feet away and there is nothing between you and the target for them to focus on - but the fact that you can't adjust the focus on the camera was a huge problem for me.
I'll be happy to answer any questions in the comments.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not a bad gadget
Comment: I would give this 3 and half stars. I received one of these as a free gift, so free is good. I wouldn't advise paying full retail price else you may be disappointed. After reading the horrible reviews, I debated opening the box when it arrived. What I found best for all software which comes in the box, never open the CD! If you have any other OS, other than Win98, then just plug it in to a USB port and the camera memory will appear as a disk drive. You do NOT need and do not want the software which comes in the box. This is true for any digital camera.
As binoculars go, this pair isn't bad. It's small, rubberized, has a focus and rubber eye cups. Chromatic distortion is slight, good sharpness and detail, although there is some fogginess around the outside of the field of view. The built-in camera is a toy by all accounts. Bird watching? I think not. My suggested use is to collect evidence of the neighbor's dog going through your garbage or of a suspicious car parked across the street. It's good for what I use it for.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Really fun to own!
Comment: This camera binocular is great! Good magnification, light weight, with fantastically fun software! Comes with everything you need to take, save and edit photos.
Would have given it 5 stars but it is a little hard to hold the camera still while snapping a picture because the button is on top. Same with focusing, a little difficult for the same reason. All in all, it was a great buy, shipped fast to Hawaii, and a welcomed addition to our camera/binocular collection. Can't wait to use it in Yellowstone!
Customer Rating:
Summary: He'd love it if he used it
Comment: Got this for my hubby for Christmas. Someday maybe he'll decide to use it...he is technophobic! I think it's a great idea for the things we love to do...eagle watching, canyon trips, Hawaii...etc. If he doesn't use it I will! To be able to look through binoculers and then snap the picture seems like an excellent mating of old and new technololgy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Garbage for photos
Comment: Complete crap. The installation as mentioned in many other reviews was next to impossible. I bought my mother this before she went on a trip to Alaska, thinking she could bring some nice close up shots to complement her other digital camera shots. But that was not the case, after spending hours trying to get it installed on XP the files were not even the right format. The picture quality was horrible. This product is a joke, I wish I could get my money back, the only good thing about it is that the binoculars work. Better off just buying a pair of those, skip this product and save yourself a headache.
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