Binoculars

Abstract

Binoculars have a digital camera function. The binoculars comprise observation optical-systems, an imaging-block, an indicating-device, and an imaging-block direction changing device. The objective optical-systems have objective optical-systems having first- and second-light axes, at the front-face, and have ocular optical-systems at the rear-face. The imaging-block has an imaging-lens, and an imaging-device. The imaging-lens forms an image on an imaging-surface of the imaging-device, and has a third-light axis. The imaging-device captures the image formed on the imaging surface. The indicating-device has an indicating-surface on which images are indicated, and is located on one of the top- and bottom-face. The imaging-block direction changing device changes the direction of the imaging-block between a first position, where the third light-axis is parallel to the first- and second-light axes, and where the imaging-surface faces the front-face, and a second position, where the third light-axis is at a non-zero degree angle to the plane which includes the first- and second-axes.