II. How to Use Your Binocular

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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 between + 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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