An Interesting New Toy

[Drew1125]

My wife got me a pair of Bushnell binoculars, with a built-in digital camera...So on one of our little jaunts through the country the other day, I gave it a try...
The picture quality isn't that great, but the really cool thing is, I took these pictures from pretty far distances...300yds, to over 1/2 mile...I thought these might be a handy tool for doing field research.
This first one is of a Jim Beam distillery near Boston, KY...

 

[Drew1125]

This is an old abandoned house off state road 52, near Lyon's Station...

 

[Drew1125]

here's an outbuilding on a farm at New Hope...

 

[MCL_RDG]

You've got to...

...get out more!

That's a neat toy. I always see scenes and want to just capture the feel (with out having to develop film- the expense- did I have the settings right, etc.).

I didn't understand the 2nd shot- but hey- Art is Art, as long as you hang him on the wall, otherwise- he's Matt 'cause he's laying on the floor. If there's a hole in the floor I guess he'd just be Phil.

Nice toy.

I am jealous. Thanks for ruining my life:thumb:

Mark

correcting a typo

 

[ezdays]

Charlie,

That's neat, what kind of resolution can you get? I'm assuming that the zoom factor is optical and not digital.

Geeze, a toy that is not only fun, but usefu tool:thumb: :thumb:

Don

 

[Tyson Rayles]

COOL! :thumb:

 

[interurban]

That`s great Charlie
It brings a whole new meaning to railfanning
You can now see into the engineers cab,,,

 

[Lighthorseman]

Originally posted by MCL_RDG
... Art is Art, as long as you hang him on the wall, otherwise- he's Matt 'cause he's laying on the floor. If there's a hole in the floor I guess he'd just be Phil.

...Just DON'T ask about Stu.

 

[Bill Stone]

Great toy!
My must-have-but-probably-never-will list just got longer.
BillS

 

[Tileguy]

Way too cool!! What will they think of next. Have fun with that new toy charlie.Its pretty great when you as the recipient of a wonderful new toy ,can make all of us the beneficiaries of its abilities

 

[spitfire]

That's great Charlie! Now you'll be able to get all the reference shots you need. Perfect for industrial facilities where they won't let you in too -- I know all about those!

:thumb: Val

 

[aartwmich]

Oooooo!! That IS cool!!! I've seen those in catalogs and drooled a little..slurp. You got a smart wife Charlie..or did you hint for months about that one?!?

Like EZ I wonder about the zoom also..optical or digital? The second pic is fuzzy, but you can kinda see a broken down corrugated building-I bet that one is max digital zoom. I've never been real happy with the digital zoom on my digital camera, pixels as big as my 21" monitor...lol

A great tool/toy to be sure tho, have fun with it!! (and remember to share your pics here!)

 

[Blake]

Great toy (until his sexy 24 year old neighbor finds out).

 

[Drew1125]

Originally posted by Blake
Great toy (until his sexy 24 year old neighbor finds out).

Actually, Blake, she's 26...& I guess it's her HUSBAND I should be worried about! Good thing for both of us I've already GOT a hobby!

Thanks for all the comments!
I don't have anything that tells me what the camera's resolution is...it's not very good, as is evident...there is, in effect, no "zoom" it's a 10x optical binocular, with the digital camara fixed at an infinity setting...the camera will not focus on anything closer than about 50'...not too good for photographing the layout, unless it's a really big one! Like Val mentioned, it's big advantage is getting photos of things you can't physicly get close to