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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: 2) by Dr Spin on Thursday July 04 2019, @07:07AM
What I want is a stereo line in/mic jack for my phone that will record high quality sound - like using my recording Walkman in the 1980's, except with decent quality.
For recording audio books, voice-overs, etc.
An 8-line input box that can be controlled from my tablet or laptop to give a full live virtual mixing console with optional recording. For use at presentations,
band rehearsals, etc. Thinks 17" touch screen makes decent "virtual" mixing desk with no creaky analogue bits to go wrong (might need Guinness-proof screens
for real recording studios).
Basically all A2D in the box, and then remote control over USB or Ethernet (wifi ac might even be fast enough). With the right protocols, three boxes could be
plugged in for 24 channel operation.
I proposed something like this 20 years ago, but the comms were not fast enough then.
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