Zoomshot Digital Snapshot Binoculars
© 2005 Digital Blue
This toy combines a low end USB digital camera with a medium quality pair of binoculars. The camera uses two AAA batteries, or it can run off your USB port's power (a cable is included). The onboard memory can store up to eighty 640 x 480 (low resolution) images. It is important to understand that the binoculars, which have 8x magnification and the ability to focus, have nothing to do with the camera, which cannot zoom. So, when we saw a bird about 40 feet away, it looked fairly large through the binoculars, but in the photo, the bird was hard to see. An included CD contains editing software, and makes it easy to save work, import music or put together simple shows.
$59.99, Win 98, Win XP, Smart Toy
Teaches: science, photography, creativity