One of my eBay gems arrived today – The MD80 Spy Camera … Well at least the fake, cheaper version of it. For AU$15 I wasn’t expecting too much from this unit but I was surprised how good the knock-off quality was, both case construction and video capture.

The tiny 1.5″ unit takes a standard MiniSD card (8GB max) and requires a USB connection for charging and accessing recorded AVI movies (720×480). What’s great is that you don’t need to install any third party software or drivers to access the data on you MiniSD card so it really is a portable plug-n-play device.

I got at least 2 hours out of this unit which records 720×480 video @ 30 fps at the click of a button. Check out the quality of the output in this impromptu video.

All I can say about this “spy” camera is pretty convenient and super portable. Stick it in your pocket or gym bag and you can whip it out for cat fights or if you just want to critique your boxing style. Speaking of critique … I’ve been way too lazy over the past 6 months and really need to work on my right hook!

eBay Store: AROS Digital Store Original Manufacturer: AEE