http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/sony-digital-recording-binoculars-look-like-military-spec-night/ I saw a short review on these in the paper today. I am very tempted!!! Joshua Bergmark ===============================
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With dual electronic viewfinders, rather than a direct optical path, they’ll be useless once the battery’s flat.
They do sound interesting though, and they might potentially be better than optical binoculars in certain conditions. A 3 hour battery life sounds very limiting, but if they hibernate when you’re not using them then that could mean they’ll last a few days of normal use.
I wonder what the resolution of the viewfinders is. As far as I know, the best available EVFs for still cameras are only just reaching acceptable levels now, so I don’t hold much hope for these being as good.
It would also be interesting to see how they cope with backlit subjects, if it’s really just a pair of cameras.
Peter Shute
Would be interesting to see how they work out. Binoculars are normally pretty simple and rugged devices with nothing much to go wrong (until you drop them!) – I wonder if you can still use these as bins if the fancy bits breakdown or the battery goes flat? I also wonder how heavy they are compared to normal bins with all that extra electronics, battery etc
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