Customer Reviews

Barska Point 'N View 5.0MP 8x32mm Binocular

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I bought this item earlier in July 2008, & I did get the 2GB mem card also. The binoculars were not in focus when it arrived. The focal length was off so you couldn't get both eyes in focus at the same time and the left eye prism was ascew so you would see two views instead of one. I was able to take the item apart and properly align the optics, and now the whole thing works great, and the camera takes hi quality pics @ all 4 settings. @ $30 an hour, I figure Barska owes me $45 for repairing their pour labor. I'm taking this Item to Alaska this fall, and I'll post a good pic when I get back.

I received the first one and it had batteries already installled and corroded. I received the second one and it would not come on due to the battery terminals were under the housing which occured during assembly. Amazon stated that they had several returns of this item and no more were available!

Seems to work ok.
They don't say in the info that you need to purchase an SD card to make it work. They make it sound optional. A big disappointment to someone when you give the camera to them for Xmas, and you don't have an SD card to make it work! Also, the instructions are not all that clear either. Nowhere in them do they say what to do to take a picture!

We bought this item for travel. We tried it before we left and the pictures are very low-quality, it works 'ok' during the day, can't see a thing at night. We ended up leaving it at home, haven't used it in 6 months!

Many concerts do not allow you to bring in a camera, or they only allow the little point-and-shoot digitals that most people have but those do not zoom in enough or capture enough light for very good concert pictures. I've used these at an outdoor arena (from the cheapo lawn seats) and an indoor stadium (good seats but not directly up front, as you can't take focused pictures if you are TOO close), and the pictures were great. You need a steady hand as there is no image stabilization. I just hold my breath when taking a picture. There is a slight delay writing to the card, so you can't take another picture for about 10 seconds, but I strongly recommend using a 2GB SD card for your pictures rather than internal memory. If you shoot to memory, and change the batteries, memory is wiped! So use the SD-cards. The camera can only use up to a 2GB. I use Sony rechargable AAA batteries and bring spares. If you don't use the screen, the batteries have lasted through an entire 2 1/2 show with more juice left to view at the end. Don't expect the quality of photo you get with your 7-10MP digital camera, but if you are reasonably close to your subject you can get some amazing shots that otherwise would be impossible. Its fun to have this little 'secret' camera! I would give it 5 stars but the software gives problems, I had to go into the D drive and manually click the set up for drivers and programs. But if you use removable media (SD cards) then you don't need the software anyway. I got mine when Amazon had it on sale for $ 144. I added it to my cart and waited for a sale. For the price you really can't beat it.

Not a good product. I had to return the one I purchased. Barska has acknowledged they have a problem with this model using up batteries. I went through 10 batteries in 4 days. It also would not stay turnrd on. Not a good idea to buy this one !

Really enjoying the camera. No the pictures aren't high end quality digital, but I didn't expect them to be in a binocular combo. My only surprise was that I 'assumed' I'd be getting 'sound with video' and it's just strictly video. Observed a herd of horses today and it was amazingly clear and crisp with both the binocular viewing, pictures and video. So far, so good.

The photos aren't very good. And they don't look like what you are looking at. We sent it back after a couple of days. You had to be VERY still to get unblurred pics.

Very good product. Takes great pictures of distant objects. Great for supports,birdwatching and travel. Buy rechargeable batteries.

Received the Point 'N View very quickly. Began using it right away, but had to change batteries within a few days.
Same thing happened with the second set of batteries, only lasted a few days. Overall the camera quality was ok, not a crisp picture, but not too bad for most uses. I returned the product. I'll check once in a while to see if Barska comes up with a better quality binocular/camera.