If you’ve been interesting in doing some bird watching or high espionage spying, the new Sony DEV-5 and DEV-3 digital recording binoculars might be right up your alley. Both units are capable of recording 1080p HD video while capturing stills with a 7.1 megapixel camera. It also wouldn’t be Sony without them incorporating their Exmor R CMOS sensors, which are designed to provide noise-free images, even in low light situations. But once again, this digital recording binocular has a trick up its sleeve—or maybe two. Sony opted to include not one, but two, Exmor R CMOS sensors in both the DEV-3 and DEV-5, allowing for native 3D 1080p video recording with dual f/1.8-3.4, 0.5-10x optical zoom lenses, and a pair of 1,227-dot viewfinders. Other features include manual focus, SteadyShot, and Image Stabilization. All this puts you at a $1,399 price point for the DEV-3 while those who are looking for some more features can look towards the DEV-5 for $1,999. The extra $600 in this case will get you 10x digital zoom, GPS,  a carrying case, and neck strap. Both models will come equipped with Memory Stick Pro Duo and SDXC support for capturing your content, a stereo microphone with an audio input jack, and HDMI-out for playback on other devices.

So if all of that sounds good to you and you have a credit card ready to take the hit, may we further entice you after the jump with one more video from Sony’s SGNL show where they highlight some of the binoculars features and give you a tour of the layout.

Discuss:

Does such a product interest you at all or should Sony spend their R&D in better areas?