subject: Analysis Of A Spy Cam [print this page] With the advancement in science and technology, spy cameras have taken many forms and have come a long way from how it looked when invented. Today, these cameras have become extremely small in size and are popularly called as mini cameras. A spy cam is also popularly called as hidden camera owing to the fact that it is hidden from the subject being filmed. These hidden cameras find use in a large number of applications which include security audits, household surveillance, reality TV shows and many more such purposes.
While in the olden days, spy cameras were wired making them difficult to hide, these days it comes both as wired and wireless types. Moreover, their extremely small size makes it possible to hide them quite easily. A wired hidden cam is attached to a recording device like computer or TV set, whereas a wireless hidden cam transmits signals to a receiver located nearby.
A spy cam is called by different names depending on the purpose for which it is used. Hidden cams, for example, are called as nanny cams when used for household surveillance. It is so named because it is used to monitor the activities of the caretaker of the children.
Similarly, a spy camera when attached to a pen is called as spy pen or pen camera. A pen camera looks just like any other ordinary pen; however, it has a minute camera attached to it. It also houses a long lasting battery and large memory capacity; thus many hours of recording can be done without needing to offload the contents. As pen cameras can effectively be used for spying purpose, they have become very popular.
A spy pen is extensively used in investigative journalism, schools, colleges and businesses, to name a few. They can also be used for taking pictures at a place where carrying camera may not be allowed. As spy pen looks like an ordinary pen, it can be easily carried to any meeting room, without anyone suspecting it. Owing to its very ordinary look, a pen camera is also used in investigative journalism for doing sting operation. Thus pen cameras find application in a large number of fields.
Some other types of spy cameras widely available these days are motion detector camera, clock hidden camera, button camera and water bottle camera. All these cameras are so disguised that it is difficult recognize and locate them. Thus, it is really difficult to escape from the eyes of spy cameras.
