Have you ever spotted a California clapper rail, an Asian crested ibis, or a scaly-sided merganser only to have your friends or fellow bird watchers stare at you in disbelief? Sony has come up with a solution to your woes: the world's first digital binoculars with HD video recording.

Sony is targeting the somewhat niche binocular market with two new high-end binocular models, the DEV-3 and DEV-5. Sony's binoculars can record magnified scenes in Full HD (1080p) video with stereo sound. They can also be used to record scenes in 3D or to capture still images at up to 7.1 megapixels.