Disguised Cam in a lightbulb

Hmm. Lets analyze those specs.

Resolution: 1080P 720P 640P 480P ? Ok
Pixel: 12 megapixel CMOS? Suuuure.
Sound recording time: 5 square meters? uhhhhh. I'm sorry. I must have at least 10 square meters of recording time or it is no good.
Power: 220V? Not USA standard.

And then there is my favorite. Power consumption: 260MA/3.7V

That says, literally, 260 megaamperes. Multiply by 3.7 volts and you have 962 megawatts. Wow, what a light bulb!

Lets assume that actually means 260 milliamps and whoever wrote the specs doesn't know anything about electricity. Now it is 0.962 watts instead. Which is far too low to be believed.

So lets just throw out the power consumption spec and assume the camera uses a typical 3 to 5 watts. The light likely uses at least 9 watts (to be roughly equivalent to a 60 watt incandescent). And the combined heat of both of those will probably make it run hot. I mean, LED bulbs by themselves run hot, and that is without jamming an IP camera in the middle.
 
Hmm I still like the concept though not the application in this case. Should have looked a bit more closely before I posted it.
 
bp2008 said:
Hmm. Lets analyze those specs.

Resolution: 1080P 720P 640P 480P ? Ok
Pixel: 12 megapixel CMOS? Suuuure.
Sound recording time: 5 square meters? uhhhhh. I'm sorry. I must have at least 10 square meters of recording time or it is no good.
Power: 220V? Not USA standard.

And then there is my favorite. Power consumption: 260MA/3.7V

That says, literally, 260 megaamperes. Multiply by 3.7 volts and you have 962 megawatts. Wow, what a light bulb!

Lets assume that actually means 260 milliamps and whoever wrote the specs doesn't know anything about electricity. Now it is 0.962 watts instead. Which is far too low to be believed.

So lets just throw out the power consumption spec and assume the camera uses a typical 3 to 5 watts. The light likely uses at least 9 watts (to be roughly equivalent to a 60 watt incandescent). And the combined heat of both of those will probably make it run hot. I mean, LED bulbs by themselves run hot, and that is without jamming an IP camera in the middle.
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The specs aren't quite right, but it's actually a great camera. I have three of them. Here is a sample video I filmed with one of them:



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Hi @LittleBrother! Not sure you posted the right video there. The comments on that video say it was shot with 12 mega pixel Nikon digital, not a light bulb. Do you have another you could post for us with the light bulb cam?
 
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Sorry guys, that as a total misfire on a bad joke ;)The little running away happy face wasn't enough.

I have no experience with this cam. :(
 
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A travelling and flying light bulb! Brilliant!! Depending on the power of course. "Multiply by 3.7 volts and you have 962 megawatts. Wow, what a light bulb!"
Super vid, by the way.
 
I have some experience with these. We use them as overhead drum mics and we were able to replace 2 GoPros at the same time. I have a lot of contacts in the recording arena who say they're working on retrofitting whole studios.

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I have some experience with these. We use them as overhead drum mics and we were able to replace 2 GoPros at the same time. I have a lot of contacts in the recording arena who say they're working on retrofitting whole studios.

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lol
 
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