Re: Compact cheap "surveilance" camera

[Matty F <matty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IRO wrote:

> I've been looking for one of these for years, particularly with motion
> sensing to eliminate the hassles of  taking the photos and a choice of
> card size to allow for busy sites needed to store a lot of images. Aim a
> little higher with the specs, a 2 or 3MP image will avoid the nonsense
> of the images shown in the newspapers or on TV taken from security video
> cameras where you would be hard-pressed to tell the difference between
> Arnie and R2D2.

There must be lots of old Handycams that chew up tapes but the
camera still works. I have one and could connect it to a computer
that could record when there is motion. If I knew of suitable
software, which I don't.