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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Bushnell
EAN: 0029757111036
Label: Bushnell
Manufacturer: Bushnell
Model: 11-1025
Publisher: Bushnell
Sales Rank: 2207
Studio: Bushnell
Variation Description: 10x25
Warranty: 2 years warranty
Features:- 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 Review:
Product Description:
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?
Amazon.com Review:
Combining a pair of binoculars with a digital camera is a brilliant idea with endless possibilities, with useful applications from birdwatchers documenting their greatest 'catches' to parents zooming in on their kids on the playing field. Unfortunately, Bushnell’s Imageview digital binoculars, which integrate digital imaging into a pair of 10x25 binoculars, may be ahead of their time.
The image quality of the binoculars isn’t a problem, as they employ clear optics that allow for sharp focusing at the fixed 10x zoom level. Build quality also is good, with thick rubber coating on the sides to ensure a good grip and fold-down rubber eyecups to accommodate eyeglass wearers. The small 25mm objective lenses, however, don’t provide substantial light-gathering but do keep the design as small and light as possible
The built-in camera will be the real problem for most users. It uses a low-resolution CCD that snaps pictures at a fixed resolution of 640 x 480, which is fine for e-mail but not adequate for making prints. To make matters worse, most of the shots we took were grainy, with lots of compression artifacts and subpar color.
If you can live with those limitations, the camera does have the benefits of ease of use and plenty of image-storaging capacity. With 8 MB of built-in memory, we snapped nearly 150 pictures before connecting the camera to a PC. No image preview is available, but a basic black-and-white LCD display on top of the camera tells you how many pictures you’ve snapped and the selected mode.
With a better digital camera and removable memory slots, this idea of a high-quality camera-binocular hybrid could realize its full potential. However, the image quality compromises imposed by the Imageview will be too much for many to bear, regardless of the low price. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros:- Compact binoculars
- Camera is easy to use and doesn’t require two hands
- Stores nearly 150 pictures in internal memory
Cons: - Low picture quality
- No direct image preview or management
- 25mm objective lens means you need a lot of light to get the most out of the binoculars
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating: - A wonderful idea...
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Not a bad gadget
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Really fun to own!
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - He'd love it if he used it
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.
Rating:  - Garbage for photos
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 ... Read More
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