Spy Camera Tech 101: The Pen Camera
A pen camera is a trim innovation of the usual spy camera
. You could consider it as a pen that records videos and takes pictures, or you could consider it as a camera that writes. Either way you look at it, the pen camera is a multifunctional tool.
The Pen Camera, Basic Features
Pen cameras have the size and design of a faintly bulky pen, though sleeker ones have hit the market currently.
There are two functioning halves with the pen camera
The bottom half holds the nib and the chamber to fill ink; this is the writing part. The upper half holds the camera. The camera is of a pinhole type, which makes it more or less completely hidden.
The top part also contains a USB pin, which helps connect it to its charger as well as to a computer to view the recorded images and videos.
The charger is provided in the pen camera parcel. It is usually a small AC-DC adapter unit with a USB port for the top half of the pen, and an attachment for a wall unit from wherever it draws its charge. Apart from this, external battery backup attachments are also provided. One AA battery is usually enough to power a plain pen camera.
Pen cameras can also work as an extra pen drive.
Pen Cameras: Functionality
Pen cameras differ from each other depending on their quantity to have space for records, which is mostly around 4 GB. Their camera resolutions are in the vicinity of 3 MP, which gives a good enough video and image quality, though it cannot be termed as excellent. The charger and the central drive capacity of any pen camera should allow you to record videos up to 4-6 hours, less if you decide to record audio as well. Once yet again, a large amount of pen cameras will give you a more than satisfactory quality for audio, but you won't call them as excellent.
Once you have recorded anything on your pen camera-audio, video or image-you can take it down on your computer through its USB port. Having done that, you can do everything with the data that you do with usual multimedia documents. Most pen cameras will record videos in the .Avi format.
Pen Cameras: How to Buy
When buying pen cameras, there are many things you need to consider apart from their cost. These are some questions that you should ask over:
*What is the resolution of the camera?
*How much recording time will I get?
*Is there USB connectivity? Is there support for USB 2.0 As well? (Some of the older ones will have only USB 1.0 Compatibility.)
*How secretive is it?
*Where is the recording indicator light placed, if any? This little LED lights up to indicate that recording is going on. It is ideal to have this light at the back of the pinhole recorder.
*What is the cost? It is generally in the range of US 20-US 40.
For your spy needs, a pen camera could be the best bet. They are easy to order online and they can give you all the stuff you need for your detective work. Browse for options and consider the one you would like to have.
by: Roseli
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