II. How to Use Your Binocular
To enhance your viewing enjoyment, please take a moment to familiarize
yourself with your new binocular:
Adjustment of Eye Relief for Eyeglass Wearers
For best results when viewing an object while wearing eyeglasses, fold down
the rubber eyecups and place them against your glasses.
Adjusting the Eyepieces
The distance between your eyes is usually different than the distance between
another person’s eyes. This distance is known as the interpupillary distance, or
IPD. Adjustment to your IPD is important to the proper use of your
CaptureView:
1. Hold CaptureView up to your face in the normal viewing position using both
hands to hold each barrel firmly.
2. Pull the barrels apart or push the barrels together until you see a single
circular field with both of your eyes.
Focusing the Binocular
1. Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView (
9, Fig. 3
) at its center
point b and -.
2. Choose an object that is at least 50 feet (15m.) away.
3. Looking with just your left eye, rotate the Center Focus Knob (
10, Fig. 3
)
until the object you are viewing is in best focus.
4. Looking with just your right eye, rotate the Diopter Scale (
9, Fig.3
) until the
object you are viewing is in best focus.
5. Now, looking with both eyes, with a turn of the Center Focus Knob both far
and near objects can easily be brought into focus.
III. How To Use Your Camera
CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. It takes some
practice to get used to high-magnification photography. Take some time to
practice capturing still pictures and movies. Depending on the available light
and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright
or centered exactly as viewed through the binoculars. Note also that
CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus the camera manually) and
takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus.
Inserting Batteries
1. Push the battery compartment lid (
11, Fig. 3
) forward and lift to open.
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