On 27/02/2021 13:14, David wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:06:45 +0000, David wrote:

Anybody used a set of binoculars with a built in camera.

A few times recently whilst on my daily exercise I've seen things
through the binoculars which would have been nice to capture.

Also seen birds, deer, a fox, hares etc.

Has anyone used these things?

Seems like a sensible idea but not much good if the quality is rubbish
or usability is poor.

OK.

I suppose this is normal for the people on this Group trying to be extra
helpful.

However I haven't had one response saying "I've tried this and found it
good/bad/indifferent.".

Just loads of people suggesting that I get stuff that I have already got,
but have decided isn't quite right for my use case.

I suspect if you have googled for what you seek, you will have found
that there are no products out there that meet your particular
requirements. Yes there are binos with inbuilt cameras, but many of them
are limited to HD video resolutions, and don't make particularly good
stills cameras.

Now this is not just a case of the internet conspiring to hide stuff
from you, or us just being mean, or not understanding your question.
It's a reflection of the fact that as with many photography related
things, its all about the compromise, and the binocular format places
place significant limitations on the design of an embedded digital camera.

In short it means you can't have what you want exactly, and a "proper
camera" is likely to be the only option. As you highlight, a traditional
DSLR and adequate lens is likely to be big and expensive to cart around,
so the smaller integrated zoom cameras would probably be a better
starting point.



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Cheers,

John.

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