| We buy mansions with rooms that we never enter. | | | | a nanny cam, or for hidden surveillance in a home or |
| We buy SUVs that guzzle more fuel than an armored | | | | retail store. The functions of the cameras are often |
| tank. We buy pizzas big enough for use as manhole | | | | for hidden or covert surveillance using video, with |
| covers. But if you think bigger is always better, think | | | | their size being ideal for such applications. To find the |
| again. | | | | right camera for yourself, make a list of features |
| In the field of technology, bigger is seldom better. In | | | | that you need. Some questions you could ask |
| fact, modern production has focused on | | | | yourself include: |
| miniaturization. Where the first computers once filled | | | | * Do you need to make adjustment to the camera |
| up a room, today's versions have shrunk to the size | | | | from a remote location? |
| of a matchbox. While telephones were once | | | | * Do you require a wireless camera? |
| machines that included two lengthy horns and a large | | | | * Do you want to use the Internet to watch the |
| box, today's cell phones fit into pockets. Clearly, | | | | recorded video? |
| technology is one area where smaller is better. Enter | | | | From Theory to Practice |
| the mini spy camera. | | | | After determining what type of mini spy camera you |
| How Small Is Mini? | | | | need, think of how you want your camera to look. |
| Once upon a time, spy cameras were as big as bags. | | | | Your options are limitless! |
| They had to be to fit the right components for | | | | Wearable Sunglasses Camera: What you see is what |
| certain features. Today, however, more features are | | | | you record with these high-tech shades with UV |
| being crammed into tinier phones. The "mini" in mini | | | | protection. A tiny camera in the sunglasses records |
| spy camera refers to a small security camera, which | | | | what you view. |
| includes several hidden camera types, such as covert, | | | | Cigarette Lighter Spy Camera: Do you want to play |
| pinhole, or spy. "Mini" does not stand for a particular | | | | James Bond for a day? This mini spy camera may |
| size standard, however. As a matter of fact, today's | | | | look like a cigarette lighter, but it's as covert a means |
| cameras are shrinking year after year, innovation by | | | | for video surveillance as they come. It is so small it |
| innovation. So the mini spy camera may range in size | | | | fits into a purse or pocket. The camera can store |
| from a handbag to a wallet. | | | | over 100 standard-sized pictures, which can be |
| Fine Or Fineable? | | | | downloaded to your PC. |
| Before you start shopping for a mini spy camera, find | | | | CCD Button Lens Camera Set: Spy in style with this |
| out whether or not it is legal to use one in the place | | | | mini spy camera that fits into a button the size of a |
| you want to put it up on. The general principal is that | | | | quarter! The features of this model include adjustable |
| in areas where the public expects privacy, filming is | | | | focus, low consumption of power, and a 92 degree |
| not permitted. To avoid legal problems, do your | | | | field of view. If you lose this button, fear not |
| homework. to learn if your proposed filming area is | | | | because five replacements are included. |
| good to go, legally speaking. | | | | Mini spy cameras are revolutionizing the way we |
| A Mini for You | | | | gather information covertly, and if there's anything |
| It is always a good idea to familiarize yourself with | | | | these mini spy cameras prove, it's this: sometimes, |
| the endless mini spy cameras that various companies | | | | the smaller, the better. |
| manufacture. These cameras are frequently used as | | | | |