Sony Digital Recording Binocular DEV-3/DEV-5 (1 Viewer)

So, anyone wanna try one of these?

http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2011/08/19/wild-goose-chase-sony-launch-digital-hd-binoculars/

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/sony-digital-recording-binoculars-look-like-military-spec-night/

Looks like my post in video recording in Andy Bright's forum crossed with yours. Looks like the start of a very interesting trend.

the objective lens must be small from the picture shown. Wondering what the real aperture is.

Pretty close to what Holger Merlitz speculated about a couple of years ago:

http://www.holgermerlitz.de/digitalbino.html

As a matter of fact very close...

I don't know how many times I've been out with my camera and binoculars wishing I could just push a button on my bins to photograph what I see. That wish makes these devices sound interesting, but I think I'd take a pass at this point. My experience with Panasonic G1 series cameras tell me that trying to find a small bird moving though trees in a contrasty light condition would not work well with an EVF equipped set of bins. Sony has just introduced a new higher resolution/better performing EVF with their new cameras which is not provided with these bins - I've read a review of the new EVF and it is better than the older ones, but still not comparable to an optical view. Theoretically, even if the scene through the viewfinder is subpar, you could shoot beautiful photos (or video) but my problem is that if you can't find a small, fast-moving bird (or butterfly, etc) through the viewfinder, you'll never get the shot.