| Microcircuit, or microchip, video cameras are | | | | to watch the quality of the board cameras you |
| miniature cameras about the size of a US | | | | are going to obtain simply because the US |
| quarter or smaller and have been around for | | | | market has been flooded by low quality |
| about ten years. These tiny video cameras | | | | cameras that have a limited life and a high |
| have been the cutting-edge of surveillance | | | | rate of failure. One company hawks them for |
| technology. The cameras are everywhere and | | | | as low as $29.95 but this is definitely not |
| are especially useful for documenting | | | | the type of camera you want to use for |
| instances of theft in the workplace or | | | | professional or long-term applications. It's |
| capturing video evidence for later use in | | | | also important to note that these cameras |
| court.Pinhole video cameras are micro-video | | | | require that you wire them in the proper |
| cameras that have been designed with a small | | | | manner for power supply and video output |
| pinhole in the front of them. They are | | | | which can be confusing to albeit the most |
| optimized so that the image sensor can obtain | | | | technology saavy users.It's also important to |
| images through a hole the size of a pin, | | | | be aware of the available features of these |
| making them very easy to hide and use in | | | | cameras. Here is what to look for:Automatic |
| covert situations. Many professionals in the | | | | Electronic Shutter Adjustment |
| surveillance business offer ready-made setups | | | | |
| of micro-video cameras built into just about | | | | Video cameras need to have an electronic |
| anything including clocks, teddy bears, | | | | shutter that automatically compensates for |
| coffee pots, lamps, radios, etc.Pinhole and | | | | lighting changes. You will find that cameras |
| Microcircuit Cameras hidden inside of | | | | without AES will under or over expose the |
| everyday objects and then used for | | | | resulting image.Resolution |
| surveillance around the home are oftentimes | | | | |
| referred to as nannycams or nanny cams. The | | | | Resolution is the number of lines that |
| name became popular when videos of babby | | | | compose the image captured; more lines equals |
| sitters and in-home child care workers, who | | | | a better resolution equals a better picture. |
| were abusing children while the parents were | | | | Many of the lesser expensive cameras have |
| away, began surfacing regularly in the | | | | resolution of 360 lines or below. I suggest |
| nightly news.When choosing a nannycam, or | | | | looking for cameras with 400 lines or better. |
| building one for that matter, it's important | | | | |