Binoculars with Built-in Camera

[za64]

im looking at binoculars with built in camera, does anybody know or have one and can tell me if there are worth bothering with
mainly for bird watching
cheers
alan.

[nightshade]

I tried a pair of Bushnells with a built in camera,the binos were ok but the camera resolution was very poor rather like an image from a web-cam

[almostnormal]

they're not generally the best, the bins are heavier due to the camera and the camera quality tends to be quite poor. they're ok if you just need to take a quick pic for id, but to be honest they're a bit naff. its probably better (although a bit more expensive) to get a compact and a telescope if you're birding and photographing. top of the range here if the leica stuff, they've built an apo scope and designed a camera to work with it, does amazing photo's and the scopes superior on its own. cheaper way of doing this is to get a nikon spotter scope or similar (the rspb do one) and a standard digital compact (which you can pick up pretty cheap now). you can get connector kits which allow you to take pretty good pics. one of my birder buddies does this all the time, and his photo's are genrally spot on!

[za64]

do you mean the f-adapter for conecting bins to camera ?

[almostnormal]

Originally Posted by za64

do you mean the f-adapter for conecting bins to camera ?

they're sort of like that, but built for scopes. again photographing through bins isn't the best, but cheaper than buying a scope! the connector for scopes is like a bracket that clips around the body and holds the camera right up to the lense. works best with the leica ones because its all designed to fit together, but type digiscoping kit into any decent search engine and you'll get an array of kits and camera's and such like fit for purpose.

[nightshade]

My tiny 6 mega-pixie Sony w50 lense sits right in the eye-cup of my cheap
Opticron Piccalo scope and my binoculars, useful but not the best images

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by almostnormal

cheaper way of doing this is to get a nikon spotter scope or similar (the rspb do one)

I'm a great fan of the RSPB binos which I think are fantastic value for money.

I went to buy the RSPB scope, but shelled out for one much better (and expensive), as I thought the rspb scope was rubbish. Perhaps it wasn't a good individual.

I spend quite a lot of tme at Minsmere (3m from home) - RSPB binos very common, RSPB scopes few and far between.

If buying a scope you need a decent tripod AND a decent tripod head which is silky smooth.