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Anybody seen this before? Thought it could be useful to research you performance's.. http://www.harryrobsonmagicshop.com/spy-pen/

That looks cool but can I just marvel at the price of technology these days! £30! We're truly living in the future!

Yeah good point.. But just seem to be drawn to this somehow. May have to order after xmas?

I have bought a couple over the years although not with that supplier. The first one failed after one day but I have one which is still going strong. I originally bought it to bring a prosecution (long story) and it did the job, I saved all the clips onto disc and gave it to Police who dealt with it. Well worth the investment. They were big file sizes though on my pen.

jomarchan wrote:I have bought a couple over the years although not with that supplier. The first one failed after one day but I have one which is still going strong. I originally bought it to bring a prosecution (long story) and it did the job, I saved all the clips onto disc and gave it to Police who dealt with it. Well worth the investment. They were big file sizes though on my pen.

What was the sound and visual quality like? And isn't Sankey doing something similar?

jomarchan wrote:I have bought a couple over the years although not with that supplier. The first one failed after one day but I have one which is still going strong. I originally bought it to bring a prosecution (long story) and it did the job, I saved all the clips onto disc and gave it to Police who dealt with it. Well worth the investment. They were big file sizes though on my pen.

Wow! Made full use of this with the prosecution. Well done.

Micro & Nico type camera technology has been around for a long time, Stevens Magic used to sell one which, by today's standards would seem huge, but it fit into a ball cap or pack of cigarettes. . . now days you can find them hiding in a tie pin. I've thought seriously about exploiting this technology because of a Clairvoyant routine developed by Borodin long ago, when these smaller cameras a what was then a 4" x 4" screen with a 6" casing monitor (iPhones have a bigger, clearer and thinner screen these days).

While I'd never trust technology for an entire act and too, I will always do my best to have a back-up "just in case" I do believe it should be exploited as a way to add to our work, such as how the Borodin material lends itself well to the Clairvoyant theme; toss in a few code techniques and you've got a very clean, hard hitting program. Depend solely on the electronics however, and you may end up with serious mud all over your face; I've seen more than one famous performer endure the humiliation of total power failure and not being able to move on with their program.

Unfortunately, I love gadgets

On the pens I have owned, the sound quality wasn't much to shout about but the video footage was just about acceptable. The last one I bought was about Two years ago for our Daughter who is into all things spy related. I believe they are even better these days. I lent one to a Bus driver friend of ours who was having trouble with youths throwing stones at his bus and smashing the windows whilst he was driving it. It mainly happened late at night and he managed to record them close up throwing bricks towards the bus and through the window. The Police were then able to itentify the youths and charge them. So, the pens have not got bad footage in low light.
My issue was more serious but the pen served me well and was able to bring about a prosecution. I haven't used mine for a while now but if ever I need it, all I have to do is pop it in the laptop usb to charge for a few hours and I am ready.

Craig Browning wrote:Micro & Nico type camera technology has been around for a long time, Stevens Magic used to sell one which, by today's standards would seem huge, but it fit into a ball cap or pack of cigarettes. . . now days you can find them hiding in a tie pin. I've thought seriously about exploiting this technology because of a Clairvoyant routine developed by Borodin long ago, when these smaller cameras a what was then a 4" x 4" screen with a 6" casing monitor (iPhones have a bigger, clearer and thinner screen these days).

While I'd never trust technology for an entire act and too, I will always do my best to have a back-up "just in case" I do believe it should be exploited as a way to add to our work, such as how the Borodin material lends itself well to the Clairvoyant theme; toss in a few code techniques and you've got a very clean, hard hitting program. Depend solely on the electronics however, and you may end up with serious mud all over your face; I've seen more than one famous performer endure the humiliation of total power failure and not being able to move on with their program.

Unfortunately, I love gadgets

Wow! Interesting point Craig.

Some interesting feedback guys.. Think I will get myself one later? I have a mini table top sale coming up in April, so thought I could use it for the days experience.. And as Craig mentioned. love gadgets.. You all have a nice Xmas.. Garry

fiftytwo wrote:£30! We're truly living in the future!

The future is an odd place, same pen on Amazon at less than half the price;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/16GB-capacity-p ... B0031TSY64

Merry Christmas

russpie wrote:

fiftytwo wrote:£30! We're truly living in the future!

The future is an odd place, same pen on Amazon at less than half the price;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/16GB-capacity-p ... B0031TSY64" target="_blank" target="_blank

Merry Christmas

Thanks. Saved me a few pounds.

Reading all the reviews, it's not true HD but interpolated meaning you only get 10 frames per second unless you drop back to 640x480. Let us know how you get on with it Garry.

Jordan C wrote:Reading all the reviews, it's not true HD but interpolated meaning you only get 10 frames per second unless you drop back to 640x480. Let us know how you get on with it Garry.

OK Jordan, will do.

Ooh! *adds to wish list*

I too vote for some test footage being posted please!