Gun Camera

tonyj_mc

Product : USB Rechargeable 300KP Pinhole Spy AV Camera Disguised as Flashlight (Black)
Website: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.31991
Price: $30.19 (€22 ish)


Decided to buy one of these to see what its was it like and might make for some interesting videos. First impression looked like a flaslight, its about 25mm in diameter so fits standard 25mm scope mounts which means it can be mounted on any RIS / Weaver rail (finally a good use for one). Heres some pics f it mounted on a G36C


Concluson:

Overall considering price its not a bad piece of kit, needs to be tested outdoors in the bright, will bring it on sunday and see how it gets on, i'll update here with any future clips and if there are any decent vid i'll edit them and post them up.

tonyj_mc

Sample Video - won't let me embed - or i'm too stupid to make it work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOR5gq6BR3A

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tonyj_mc wrote: »

Sample Video - won't let me embed - or i'm too stupid to make it work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOR5gq6BR3A

You set it to private, only your friends can see it.

RampantWolf

That's surprisingly good quality for a camera that costs about €20.

2 questions:

Can you throw normal AAA or AA batteries into it so you don't have to charge it via USB?

Can you just use the record function without the torch function?

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Embeded:)

There's one thing to note with that, a problem with all gun cams is vibrations/noise. Try firing while recording.

That seems very very similar to the MD80/DV001 that was discussed on here a while back, just a different case(and a better one I might add).


Here's some from mine, had problems with dropped sync:rolleyes:

Paterson

Whats the postage price like? website says free shipping or is that just for larger orders?

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Paterson wrote: »

Whats the postage price like? website says free shipping or is that just for larger orders?

Nah, its free for everything.

Damo 2k9

Lethal, is this the one u have ?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32022

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Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Lethal, is this the one u have ?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32022

Yup:)

Damo 2k9

Might have to get myself one of those
Are they RIS mountable?

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Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Might have to get myself one of those
Are they RIS mountable?

You could adapt one of the supplied mounts to fit a RIS.

tonyj_mc

RampantWolf wrote: »

That's surprisingly good quality for a camera that costs about €20.

2 questions:

Can you throw normal AAA or AA batteries into it so you don't have to charge it via USB?

Can you just use the record function without the torch function?

only usb, bit of a pain esp as there is now charge indicator so you are never sure wheter its full or not, i also forgot to mention it doesn't come with a micro sd card

there is also no torch function, it only functions as a camera, but i wanted a camera that looked like it belonged on AEG rather than a taped on camera, so the torch looking one was perfect for me

tonyj_mc

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

There's one thing to note with that, a problem with all gun cams is vibrations/noise. Try firing while recording.

That seems very very similar to the MD80/DV001 that was discussed on here a while back, just a different case(and a better one I might add).

didn't think of the vibrations, will give it a lash see how it works out.

also i think a lot of the chinesse camera are basically a phone camera set to record to the sd card, i got my one based on the key fob camera, so random guys duct taped it to an R/C jet fighter and the picture looked ok so figured worst that happens for €20 is i buy it use it twice and get bored of it