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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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Angus Peart May 19, 2010 at 1:33am

Affiliate links hidden behind a URL shortening service?? That's evil...

@Jack, shipping shows up as $2.99 for me. Where do you live, the moon?
Tim McMahan May 18, 2010 at 6:37pm

Here's some footage from mine, and my fly buddy.
https://www.youtube.com/user/rcFFBloodyMicks#p/u/4/zvnwoRcr9tU

https://www.youtube.com/user/rcFFBloodyMicks#p/u/7/F1v1EidIYX0
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Brian May 18, 2010 at 5:45pm

I ordered a couple from ebay that are similar but different. Mine has a micro sd card slot and no onboard memory. It holds up to an 8gb card, but I use a 2gb. The manual and posts online tell you how to change the date/time stamp but they illude me... I agree regarding you get what you pay for, but the video is actually not bad considering I paid $15 including shipping from HK. I figure mine could make it's posted recording d'ebut during a glide test on my tandem wing I'm workinging on...
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Sgt Ric May 18, 2010 at 2:36pm

You get what you pay for in A/P...

Plastic lens = toy.
Jack Crossfire May 18, 2010 at 2:31pm

$15 + $30 shipping. Just can't imagine what to do with it since the rolling shutter is no good.