Spy camera remarkable capabilities

Advancements in the digital age have in essence made it possible to store information or imagery in a very compacted form liked the spy camera which is in the case of digital cameras.  Just a few decades ago, before digital technology in cameras, people used to marvel in microfilm cameras, watching many spy movies, we use to think that cameras so small as to be able to fit in and hidden in a shirt pocket was indeed a marvelous high tech gadget, exclusively used by super spies in the dangerous espionage game in the cold war era.

 Yet compared to what’s available today, the devices seemed so much like from the stone age of tools. Digital technology especially in spy camera has advanced so much that it is hard to conceive that microchips maybe 50 times smaller can store thousands more images than the most advanced microfilm spy cameras from the 1970s.

And not only that, spy cameras can be disguised in virtually anything the mind can conceive.

Most popular has been the spy camera that   not only can document still pictures but also can record video in high definition.

Everyday mundane objects that are taken for granted can be converted into a spy camera. There are the spy camera pens , Sunglasses , key chains, table clocks or alarm clocks that double as CC TVs  or remote monitoring device that just needs to have a tiny pinhole size camera  implanted into the appliance.If it can be thought of, then it can be done.

Affordable and multi functional devices

The word spy used to be associated with the dangerous cat and mouse espionage activities carried out by  governments and life and death situations that the secret agents must face in the height of the cold war era and the perceived threat amongst each other, the free democratic versus the communist ideology. The word spying used to have that serious tone to it.

But now in the current age, the word has been demoted to almost child-play meaning. Which is actually a good thing.

The spying game is no longer the domain of high level intrigue between governments but now is practically a common activity done by the public. Many applications of spying can be found in everyday life and living.

From suspicious spouses to employers merely monitoring employees to domestic uses to gain a peace of mind that all is well at home to innocently or candidly recording activities “au natural”.

Applications for using spy camera devices have dozens of niches.

For example, consider the ever popular spy camera and the capabilities. Models like the basic alarm clock that actually has features like motion and voice detection  and night vision that also has HD playback  features.

Then there are the desk clocks and thermometers which also doubles as spy cameras with 2GB storage and DVR playback, alarm clocks that are also spy camcorder with remote controlled PC cameras.

Or you can consider the  very trendy looking waterproof sports watch which is a spy camera that can record at 1280 x 960 HD resolution, that is also a DVR with motion activated pinhole camera.And LCD screen. Incredible value for the available ability.

 Considering that the products are multipurpose functions, encompassing Audio, Video, Motion detection, remote web camera that can support TF cards. Basic models have 2 to 8 GB but spend a bit of money and the devices can be upgraded to a max of 32 GB and a high capacity battery that can enable it to run for hours at a stretch. Used responsibly,the spy camera is enormously useful and functional for the intended purpose.