The Meade CaptureView CVB1003-2 has normal 8x22 roof prism optics coupled to a 7.0° digital camera with telephoto lens. This is a streamlined unit, free of things like a pop-up screen or memory card slot, and can record 80 full-resolution images to its internal hard drive. Considerably smaller than many of the digital binoculars in more ways than one, this CaptureView accepts a pair of "AAA" batteries (to further shave off some size/weight) and has a minimum focusing distance of 16' (32' for the camera function).