I was just reading dcresource's overview of some PMA 2002 announcements
(where new digital cameras are often released)
<http://www.dcresource.com/specials/PMA2002/>, and found this
tantalizing tidbit:

"Meade Instruments, a major telescope manufacturer, will be showing off
a new set of binoculars that has a built-in digital camera! CaptureView
(as it is called) combines a full-function 8X22 folding-roof prism
binocular with an integrated digital camera capable of storing up to
forty 640X480 resolution pictures (as well as hundreds at a lower
resolution). CaptureView will be available in spring 2002 and is
expected to sell for approximately $100 at retail."

Something like this ought to help settle some of the disputed sightings :-)

At $100, I expect that this one may be of toy quality, but if it works
at all and becomes popular, high quality ones, and cameras built into
scopes, won't be far behind...
--
Allyn Weaks allyn at tardigrade.net
Seattle, WA Sunset zone 5
Pacific NW Native Wildlife Gardening: http://www.tardigrade.org/natives/