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Cheap keychain camera

Posted by CrashingDutchman on May 18, 2010 at 12:00pm

Back in december there was this blog-post about a keychain camera. Today Hobbyking has launched a similar camera: . It does 640x480 at 30fps and co
mes with a 2GB SD card included.

Now, the camera in the blog post from December has a higher resolution than this new Turnigy camera. Hobbyking mentions that too, but says (fwiw): Other similar cameras have software AVI formatting to 720x480px,reducing clarity of the 640x480 native image from the lense. While this
sounds good on paper, it makes the movie less clear and enjoyable.

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Dimitar Kolev May 28, 2010 at 11:00am

:-) You are welcome Brian! I just put all possible formats, and look which one was deleted after all. blog page link credits goes to Crashing Dutchman, I guess. Anyway it is working good for now - pictures/video is exact as for 14USD camera / audio is near perfect, and 2GB card, buttons sucks (or debouncing sucks - software or hardware). Will not cry over it even if it is going to the bottom of near lake, hehe
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Brian May 27, 2010 at 9:59pm

Dimitar Perfect & Thanks!

I had not found the correct format to set date/time on my cameras (type #3) but found the correct format on the page you linked. As soon as I get my tandem together I'll post an example.
Dimitar Kolev May 27, 2010 at 2:58pm

Tested as USB camera, too. Driver is for Anyka USB camera http://www.readerme.com/html/software/AK36361B平台PC Camera驱动/ak3631_PC_Camera.rar , type #1 from the support post
Dimitar Kolev May 27, 2010 at 1:52pm

Received for 8 days ( plus 2 days waiting for me at the post office) - package was 10 times bigger than camera, real keychain. Support post http://chucklohr.com/808/#DateTimeRemoval is great, but kind of long :-)
Time is set by time.txt file with example 2009.05.13 15:10:00 . Copy into the root of SD card, disconnect from USB, power OFF. Power ON, camera reads txt file and delete it. Make a picture or video to see if it is working. If not check the "long" post. Video and pictures are "normal" for 14USD, will try tomorrow at daylight.

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Curtiss Chiang May 23, 2010 at 5:30am

@ CrashingDutchman:
These photos are extracted from a movie.
Curtiss Chiang May 21, 2010 at 6:24am

The white spots in the second photo are ducks.
CrashingDutchman May 20, 2010 at 9:39am

Hmm. No I removed my affiliate links and Wallace puts a few in his comment.

@Curtiss Chiang: Are these stills or extracts from a movie?
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Morli May 20, 2010 at 9:34am

what are the white things in the second photo? Some water birds?
Curtiss Chiang May 20, 2010 at 7:36am

This kind of camera is popular for RC hobbyist in my country. I bought two from local online shop. It is cheap and very light-weighted. The quality is good enought. Here are some clips.
Jhon May 19, 2010 at 6:47pm

any one got the version of hobbyking? i guess they are selling #2 version of this camera. but must be confirmed for users.

i wonder why people always put a demo video with the yellow OSD, those are clearly videos from #3 version, wich upscale the image to 740x480, and hobbycity says clearly 640x480.

in my opinion version #3 is the best one, and it has the best audio quality, but i must wait for a sample video done with the model sold at HK...

no one got it? purchased from HK,

Thnkss