is a binocular’s power magnification number the same as a camera’s zoom power?

Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at 11:39 am

i want to buy a consumer binocular and their magnification power all varies between 6 to 12. IE: 10x50
1. Is this the same as say a 10x optical zoom digital camera?
2. does a binocular 10x50 means the zoom drugs online without prescription is fixed at 10x? while a camera, the zoom is flexible, from 1x to 10x, im I right?

3.so basically if i have a 10x zoom camera, i dont really need a binocular... im not going to hunting just for scene sighting.. thanks