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TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Same as when they are searching for something with binoculars, and when they find it, they immediately lower them to stare at it with the naked eye and point it out, while it clearly isn’t visible with the naked eye BECAUSE THEY NEEDED FUCKING BINOCULARS TO FIND IT. I’ve been in the navy for 15 years. When I found something, like a periscope or man overboard training doll with binoculars, I would have immediately lost it when I lowered them.
lath@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
That’s to find it for the others to see. Look through binoculars, see what it is, then look directly to confirm direction and point at it.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
No it’s a Hollywood thing so they can have a full facial expression for finding the thing they looked for on camera. They need the eyes on camera.
As soon as you find something with binoculars, you won’t take your eyes off of it. Ever been in the savanna finding a lion? Ever been birdwatching and finding this special bird? Looking away or lowering the binoculars means you lost it. Especially when you want to show others, you point and look while keeping your eyes through the binoculars on target.
lath@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Guess I’ve been doing it wrong then.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It depends on whether it’s stationary or not. Of course, professionals would do what you’re advising, but that’s basically what I do now with binoculars when hiking or on a tourist coin operated binocular machine with someone to show them cool stationary landscape features.