Simmons Captureview Cv-1 8X22 VGA Binoculars

by Simmons

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.3 x 3.8 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002BTMWE
• Item model number: 822216
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,061 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 31, 2004

Product Description

View the action up close and capture it in digital images with the 8x22mm CaptureView. Easily download the files to your PC, then print your snapshots or e-mail them to family and friends. lt;br gt; lt;br gt; lt;b gt;FEATURES: lt;/b gt; lt;br gt; lt;ul gt; lt;li gt;Image resolutions: 640x 480 lt;li gt;Built in 8MB of memory for storage of up to 20 high resolution and up to 40 lower resolution images lt;li gt;8x magnification and 22 mm objective lens provides bright and clear images. lt;/ul gt; lt;br gt; This unique combination of a compact binocular and digital camera is perfect for capturing nature, sporting events, or your family on vacation. lt;br gt;

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars AAAHHH!, December 4, 2005

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Twain Mark "TM" (Hannibal, MO, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simmons Captureview Cv-1 8X22 VGA Binoculars (Electronics)

It works fairly well as binoculars, but not at all as a camera. If my hand shakes, which it always does because I am not at all a steady person, your picture is blurry. All of the pictures that I took were blurry. The video does not record sound, which I probably should have looked up beforehand, however. What you see out of the two lenses is not what you will capture in your picture. I was taking pictures of my brother's face, just for testing, and it only got the top of his head because that is where the camera lens is-- above where you look out. I do not know if I should have known that as well, but I did not and wasted my money on this thing! I wanted to bring the Captureview to a concert, but I know for sure if it is this is bad of quality it bright daylight, it will definitely be worse in the dimness of a concert stadium... In addition, I will be moving around a lot more over there. Overall, this is a somewhat good item if you are looking for binoculars, though you can get binoculars cheaper and better than this. I wish I had had a review to go off before I bought this though. Now I will try to return it. I hope that it works and I can get my money back.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Glad I have it!, February 19, 2006

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Jim "Jim" (Oklahoma City USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simmons Captureview Cv-1 8X22 VGA Binoculars (Electronics)

My CV-1 was a gift, and came to me as a complete surprise. If I'd known there were something like it out there for the price, I'd have been wanting one already. A medium-priced, medium-featured digital camera is automatically interesting to me. Getting a nice pair of binoculars, and having them serve as sort of a "scope" for the camera, is icing on the cake. As the manual warns, the picture doesn't quite line up with what you see in the binoculars. You'll have to learn how your unit works, and adjust for it. Details will be much sharper through the binoculars than in the digital images. You'll have to manage the not-included AAA batteries yourself (rechargeable with separate charger, or alkalines), as there is no provision for charging a battery in the camera. Having said all that, it's really great to have a camera with a relatively long (telephoto-ish) lens, aimed with attached binoculars, and producing decent pictures that download easily, all for such a modest price.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice for the money., March 31, 2007

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Wonk Horkin (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simmons Captureview Cv-1 8X22 VGA Binoculars (Electronics)

This is a nice compact set of binoculars for almost no money. OF COURSE the digital camera portion gives mediocre quality. Duh! Anyone who buys something like this should already know that 0.3 megapixels doesn't give you high-res images. But if you want to zoom in on something (e.g., birds or attractive beachgoers) and be able to send a halfway decent photo over the Internet, and if you want to spend less than $60 to do it, you'll like this device. By the way, it captures the image almost instantaneously, unlike my 3 megapixel camera, so if you push the button while it's aimed at a dolphin, you'll actually get an image of it rather than a ripple in the water where it used to be. And FYI, the package info tends to imply that the camera works only with PCs. Not so. It it completely Mac compatible. Just make sure you use a USB port on the CPU--you'll get an error message if you try to use the spare keyboard jack.