808 Key Fob Camera - Discreet Photo and Video Camera

I've had a small 808 Key Fob Camera for several years now.  I've also told several friends about them for certain situations requiring a discreet way to take photos or video with audio.  They are widely available on E-Bay for less than $20.00.  There are several variants of the camera.  Some with internal memory, some you will have to provide a micro SD card to store your photos and video on.  Mine can also be used as a Web Cam with the appropriate driver installed.

First a few pics to show you the quality of the pics I get with my 808 camera.

I also have a brief video clip of one of my dogs, Bruno, in this case, who refused to sit still to have his picture taken.





This takes decent pics and video outside and acceptable pics and video inside, only if there is enough light.

What these cameras are is a cell phone camera that has been mounted in a Key Fob, most look like car alarm remotes, I've seen some that were mounted in small plastic figurines, but not many of those.  Mine uses a standard USB Mini plug to charge and with a 4 GB Micro SD it can record over an hour of video, though it will stop and restart breaking long video's into multiple files.

Chuck Lohr has done up a whole section on his website, including links to the necessary driver files to use these with your computer as a webcam. However when used as a webcam, mine at least doesn't support the microphone, so you wil still need a separate microphone.

Chuck's site is: http://www.chucklohr.com/808/index.shtml

If you are thinking about getting one of these for yourself go to E-Bay and look for "808 Camera".  I've seen them run for as little as $5.00 up to over $60.00 depending on the options and the seller..

There have been a few people who have used these cameras with a small piece of lucite that they sed a heat gun to bend into a shelf to hang them from their shooting glasses to give an "Eyes view" of their shooting.