The Smallest Camcorder on the Market

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Alan Brookes
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The Smallest Camcorder on the Market

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Believe it or not this is a fully-functioning camcorder, recording on removable Micro SD cards. It's called the Vehu Muvi Pro Micro DV, and I bought mine at Amazon.com for just $65.24, including sales tax, shipped free.
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This is the more expensive one. There's one that's $10 cheaper, but it comes with a 2 GB card instead of a 4 GB card and isn't sound activated. The more expensive one is well worth the difference.

Just think of what you can use it for.
[1] Put it in your buttonhole and it's virtually unnoticeable. You could video what the performance looks like from the band.
[2] Since it can be noise activated, stand it on the bird feeding stand and record the birds close up.
Or even skunks, squirrels, etc.
[3] Use it as part of your security system. If someone breaks your door down and you have this trained on the door you will record the burglar.
[4] Put it on the dashboard of your car and record your trip. There are several videos on YouTube shot from the front of cars with this camera.
[5] Put it on a flatcar and push it round your model railroad, to get the view a model person would.

I'm sure you'll think of dozens of other applications, without going into spying on your wife and neighbors, etc. :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-7anMP0dqU
Here's a sample on YouTube taken underwater. (The waterproof housing is extra, but not very much.)
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Post by Carl Kilmer »

I've been looking at these, but I don't know how you
can tell what you're shooting without a veiwfinder or
little video display on the back of it. :whoa: :? :\ :lol:
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You wouldn't use it like a regular camcorder. From the videos posted on YouTube, the ones most successful have been attached to the front of cars looking straight ahead. You would have to point it in the general direction and hope for the best. I imagine that if you were at a concert in the audience your results would be a bit hit and miss, unless you concealed it in a hat pointing straight ahead; then it would record whatever your head was pointed at.

My intention is to strap it to a model flatcar and video my model railway from low level. I imagine you could strap it on top of your dog's head and get the perspective that he gets.
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Post by Bishop Ronnie P Hall »

Hi Alan! :)(Brookes)
I for one, am thanking you for sharing the knowledge of this little item, for it just fits into a much needed area of my studio needs; (R.P.H. Multimedia Studios Inc.) I appreciate your generousity my friend, in sharing your discoveries. Be blessed!
Ron
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Ronnie, my friend. You could wear one whilst you're performing marriages, baptisms, or even sermons, and others could then get a unique perspective on the events. Nobody gets closer to the bride and groom than the priest performing the ceremony, and wouldn't most people want to see their own baptism?
It all sounds great. I shall be interested to see what you come up with. 8)