Canon is crowdfunding a tiny clippable camera that connects to your phone
Canon is turning to Indiegogo to crowdfund the Ivy Rec, a tiny outdoor camera built into a keychain carabiner. It's about the size of a USB flash drive, and it wirelessly connects via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to the companion CanonMini Cam App to show a live preview on your phone. The empty square space of the clip doubles as a viewfinder, and there's a single dial on the back that lets you switch between modes.
The Ivy Rec has a 13-megapixel 1/3-inch CMOS sensor that can record 1080p / 60 fps video, and it's waterproof up to 30 minutes for depths of up to three feet. With no pricing information yet, it's hard to say if it'll be worth the buy or who it's really for. Canon says the camera is shockproof and great for the outdoors, so it could be useful if you clip it onto your backpack while you ride a bike. Or maybe clip it onto your dog or cat's collar so you can see the world from your pet's POV? (I mean, GoPros are already a thing.)
Too vibrant, not small enough to work as a spy camera.
Also at Engadget.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 04 2019, @12:42AM
Has it got stereo in/out audio ports? Timelapse. Digic9+?
I get really MAD at Canon when the low end sh!t gets better toys than the pro kit, which delays updates, and delays updates.
Been with Canon for over 15 years, but I think the horse is dead. New 6Dii scores much lower than the original 6D on DPR.
But then everyone is hanging on and waiting for Sony to also break their own updates coma with an A7Riv or something.