I want to know if anyone has used this item, and what brand seems easiest to use with best photos. From what I was told you can zoom in on an object with the binoculars then take a digital picture of that item as seen thru the binoculars. I'm thinking how cool whale watching or any kind of watching would be with this. Opinions please?

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Think you may be dissapointed with any digital camera that has less than 3 to 5 megapixels. Go for a camera with a long optical zoom. Know Olympus has several with 10x optical zoom and you'll need a tripod or other device to steady it at those extremes. Personal opinion is that a combination unit as you described will not perform either function very well.

Son has some and the brightness is impressive. I don't think he has used the camera or I have not seen the results.

Thanks all, I am looking at a Minolta and a Meade. I like the lotsa zoom items. My video camera has 32x zoom but am looking to upgrade to more. Anyway these two binocular camera combos have 8 and 16MB memory and the Minolta has 8x zoom the Meade does not state zoom and neither state pixels. I have seen pix taken with one of these but do not know what brand the camera was. Thanx for your input and will continue to welcome comments.