When I saw a similar binocular/digital camera combo I knew I had to have one. When I got out to my local Best Buy, this was pretty much the only one they had in stock, so I bought it. It cost me about $..., a great deal I thought.pWhen I got home I took some 'pictures' of some potted plants in my backyard. When I loaded the software onto my computer, the problems began. There are basically no instructions on which piece of software included is the one you need to load. Having Windows XP I just tried to load the driver. This did not allow me to access the built in memory, however, as you can with most devices. So I loaded up the other 2 SW modules and went about trying to find the bushnell's pictures. Again, there are zero instructions on actually using the software to offload pictures from the binoculars. Even once you learn how it is easy to see that the software seems like it's from the 80's, and would be more at home in windows 3.11. Not to mention that when you get to preview the thumbnails the dang camera is streaming video into the software while you try to copy them over to your computer. I can't imagine a situation where you would need to stream binocular-image video while tethered to a computer via a USB cable. Oh, and all the pics are stored as BMP files. I mean, who uses BMP files for Pete's sake? Every digital camera I know of saves JPG or TIF images.pIt was daylight when I took this first set of pics, but all the pictures that I took came out very fuzzy. I had taken several where the binoculars were sitting on a table top when I carefully pressed the `snap' button. Even though I could see the plants clear as day, these pictures too came out too fuzzy to recognize anything.pOk, so I just figured I needed to adjust the focus a little because the camera was more sensitive than my eyes in terms of focus. In general, just get used to using the thing. No harm, no foul. I took it to a concert that night and took all 134 pictures I could on the higher quality setting. The 3-in-a-row picture feature was nice, and because you can be a little shaky pressing the button, it makes you feel like at least 2 out of 3 will be fairly stable pictures. I couldn't wait to get home and review the pictures. Was I in for a shock, I didn't believe my eyes when the thumbnails loaded up, so I copied all the pics on over to my PC and went about opening them in batches of about 20. Out of 134 I got 6 that were even recognizable, but they were again way to fuzzy to justify saving them. Now, although the performers on stage were well lit with bright spotlights, 98% of the pictures taken came out as solid black frames with a smattering of colored pixels smeared across them. It's as if I tried to use the thing in outer space or something. I was completely horrified that none of the pictures from that once in a lifetime event were anywhere near worth saving. What a bummer!pSo, in summation, the binoculars are decent and compact. And they produce a nice image when looking into them. But don't even think of trying to take a picture. And again, I cannot iterate enough how out-dated the software is. I also cannot think of how these even made it to the market `working' like they do. After all, if you knew you couldn't take a picture with them, you would just purchase binoculars right?pNeedless to say, I promptly returned mine for a cash refund the next day. I hope my tragedy of an experience saves a few of you from buying this product. Maybe there's another one out there which works better. We shall see....

I love this idea. Take a picture of what you see thru a binocular. However, this camera has it's limits. Not only could I not review the pix (til I got to my PC), the image was NOT what I saw. The yellow bird in the tree, became the tree with a yellow leaf, maybe.brThe binocular is Great: small, powerful, easy to focus. The tech support thru Bushnell was terrific. Making the PC recognize the camera took one phone call. The op manual needs HELP, or maybe I'm too much of an novice in this field.

The product seemed to be good quality. I bought one to use while hunting, to take a quick picture of that trophy buck that walks by during bear season for example. Only one thing wasn't appropriate: It beeps every time you turn it on, off, change functions, or take a picture. And there's no way to switch off the sound. So that makes it a bad choice for hunting, in my opinion.

I got it as a b'day gift. Its compact and very handy. Binoculars works great so does the digital camera, but unfortunately...you cannot take pictures of objects that are close to you...it has to be far enough so that you can focus moreover, its very difficult not to shake the camera while you click..probably will take a while before I can get used to it.

I wanted a cheap pair of binoculars with nice magnification and got these because the image capture seemed like a bonus. The binocular quality is fine but the digital camera is another story. I was first skeptical when the instructions mentioned that the camera is infinite focus fixed beyond 49 yards. Therefore, you are not shooting exactly what you are viewing since you can go up to 10x with the lenses. In any case this is irrelevant because after taking some test shots I tried connecting to my PC. I've done troubleshooting for a lot of devices in my day, I know what I'm doing, and I like the relative ease of the USB standard. No such luck with this. The included driver didn't work, the updated driver from bushnell's website didn't work (btw, I'm using XP). I always got an 'unable to connect to device' error. After an hour of trying all the tricks to get it to work I decided to return it. I would strongly advise ignoring the digital camera aspect of this pair of binoculars and either get regular binoculars or a better pair that doesn't require additional drivers in XP to dump images. I am returning these things today!!

I decided to give a try to this product despite all the bad reviews I read about it. And I'm not sorry at all! This binocular works just fine! I'm an XP user and didn't experience any trouble at all when installing the driver nor when downloading the pictures I took. My hands are not steady at all either, in fact I thought "none of these pictures will come out right if i keep on shaking the camera like this", but surprisingly, they all did!! It's true that quality is far from excellent, but it's just what the product advertising says: 640x480 pixels. I highly recommend this product to anyone who's curious about it and is not expecting to use it professionally. You want it? Go for it!

Well so far i have had the noculars for 4 days. I must say that i am still getting used to the item. I have taken a couple of pictures, but yes they are a bit fuzzy, but OK. Probably when i am more familiar with the setup i will be able to have quality pictures. When it comes to the downloading of the software and Photosuite 4 to the computer, it was a breeze. The computer accepted it readily and when i connect the noculars the program pops up in a jiffy. I have Windows XP Home Edition. Overall i would say try it. For the price its comfortable.

This is the best optical perchase I have made in years, I use it at my kids athletic events and my husband takes in out boating and hunting. I think the key is to have a steady hand, it is not a camera, it is a binocular that can be uses similarly to a camera. The software that comes with the Image view is easy to use and we have recommended this item to several people.

The camera with this unit was hardly worth it the low cost. The optics are fine for the price, but built in camera was useless. Unable to obtain a clean shot. I brought it to try this out in the back yard and take some pictures. I figured if I like it I would invest in a more expensive model. In hindsight I should have just saved my money and buy a better model. Buyer beware!!!

The image view is really cool and a pretty good deal in terms of monetary cost. Only draw back is the samn thing needs lotsa light so only expect to use it outside, definitely not inside. Also the resolution could be better, definitely better resolution would be nice. All in all im happy with it, not extatic but its what i expected so its fine for me.

I think the people that are giving this product 5 stars must work for Bushnell of the software company. It absolutely doesn't work. Don't buy this if you're doing so for it's digital camera.

Either I got a defective camera/binocular or they're all horrible. Several of us tried using it to get a picture with any decent (even for email) resolution and were embarrassed by the horrible results. It's a nice little binocular but a horrid camera. Hopefully others fared better than I did.

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.

SAVE YOUR MONEY, DON'T BUY IT, IT SUCKS

I purchased this product and was very dissapointed with it, i found it to be absolutely useless.
The handling of the binoculars are difficult, the focal view is limited and the camera sucks, meaning that you can't get a decent quality photo and what photo you do get can't be enlarged with any quality at all. What you see through the binoculars when you snap a picture is not what you get with the camera.
This product is one of the worst that i have found so far and don't recomend it to anyone that is in to photography.
If one could rate this product LESS THAN ONE STAR it would be a plus for this product.

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br /The binoculars are excellent quality. I'm not disappointed in them at all.
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br /However, the poor quality of the camera makes this product more of a toy than a tool.
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I have a Dell computer with a 600 meg processor runnung Windows98 SE. After loading the Bushnell software, it tells me to insert my Windows98 SE disk for a needed driver but when I do this, it says that it cannot find the required file. I contacted Bushnell tech support and they took about a month to e-mail me with advise, which unfortunately did not work. I cannot comment on the quality of the photos, but can say that if you have WIndows98 SE, I recommend that you avoid this product.

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.
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br /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.

First off, anyone with Windows XP should NOT buy this product. The driver on the installation CD is not for XP users. You must go to Bushnell's site to download the most current driver. Once you follow the very detailed 'driver uninstallation' steps, then you can install the new driver. However, after following those steps, the new driver still does not allow PhotoSuite 4.0 SE (the version shipped with the binoculars) to access the camera.
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br /I have spent hour upon hour on Roxio's site, and discussion board, to attempt to find the resolution for this. There appears to be none. Bushnell does not offer any technical support for the PhotoSuite software, and Roxio does not offer any technical support for the binoculars. It's a nasty Catch-22, and it's the reason I no longer own the binoculars.
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These binoculars are good, but they do have their limitations.
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br /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.
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br /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!)
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br /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.
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br /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...
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br /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.
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It's not expandable and there is no preview window which is why it is small and easily portable. There are only two buttons which makes it very simple. The onboard memory (mine has 64mb) allows for 80 high quality shots that are usually clear and detailed. If you don't require pictures that will scale larger than page size then you can reduce the quality and click about 300 pictures before running out of memory. The first thing I liked about these binoculars was the sturdy design and the rubberized grips. The only thing I wish they had would be the ability to zoom in and out; however, the magnification is great for most high school sports events, parades, bird watching, and sight seeing. I have had mine for a year now and I recommend them highly. The PC interface could use a little work but once you get use to it the picture transfer from binocculars to pc is consistent and reliable. Good binocs especially for the price.

These binoculars are wonderful! The installation is spelled out for you. If you have never in your life worked with a camera... you might have problems. These other reviews do not AT ALL reflect the quality and ease of the product.They are great, and don't be fooled by the false negative reviews. It DESERVES 5 stars!

This camera binocular is great! Good magnification, light weight, with fantastically fun software! Comes with everything you need to take, save and edit photos.
br / 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!

THE PRODUCT SOFTWARE THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE PRODUCT NOW INCLUDES WINDOWS XP. THIS PRODUCT IS ABSOLUTLY AMAZING FOR THE PRICE. ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO TAKING GOOD PICTURES WITH THIS CAMERA, ONCE YOU GET THE HANG OF IT, YOU WONT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

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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.