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[MuseAphelion]

Well, it's not really my new toy, it's on loan from a parental unit (but just wait, I have plans for this becoming mine soon enough)

I have in my hot little hands a pair of 10x binocs with a built-in digital camera. It can hold 52 hi-res images (640x480) and can even take short movies, minus the sound of course. The best part though can be found on the underside where a tripod can be attached.

Oh the fun I'm going to have with this!

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Muse,

Your soon to be owned Binos are quite cool. They are 10X "what"? And...what make and model?

I would like to include them in the equipment inventory.

They could come in handy Tuesday morning for the Transit.

Joe
[glow=blue,2,300]Chicago Astronomer[/glow]

[MuseAphelion]

Well ... (here's where the "ameteur" really comes out folks) the side of the binocs says 10x56 like I really know what that means without looking things up. It's made by Vivitar and the lenses have a nice polarized filter in front of them.

The built in camera I already mentioned is a fixed focus with an apeture setting of F4. I know more about cameras than telescopes at the moment, but I'm working on that.

I just want to mention that fixed focus camera does not focus through the binocs but has it's own lens ... that doesn't magnify. I'm sure you all know when I discovered this ... after I used it to take pictures of the transit. It's rather paltry on the megapixels as well, the owners manual doesn't even give me a number but I'm guessing somewhere in the 2meg range, maybe less.

The binocs themselves are nice, I was able to do some nice observing of the Moon and could just make out the crescent of Venus with them, but I think I'll return them to the parental units and instead beg for the higher power binocs and just take notes on what I see.

Until then, I'm beginning my research into the telescope that both my aspirations and wallet can agree on.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Thats quite unfortunate about the binos. I would have thought as well, that the image would be magnified in the camera's FOV as well. That's what appealed to me about them, I shall forgo the desire.

What about pawn shops for a pair of 10X50's or better binos?

[MuseAphelion]

The dear old dad has some really nice ones (that I think my brother hasn't broken yet) that I shall be borrowing. Of course the scope that may or may not become the property of NatureDevil might find a Muse peeking though it on more than one occasion.

At least it better, after all he needs to show me the Galliean moons if he ever expects me to remember them. I can be a difficult student