World’s Smallest Camcorder

Over the past 30 or so years I’ve written ‘World Smallest Camcorder’ so many times that it’s set in Word AutoComplete. Here’s the latest, it’s from Shenzen AEE Wireless Technology and it’s called, rather confusingly, the ‘Mini DV’. In fact it has nothing to do with the camcorder tape format of the same name, it records in AVI format on Micro SD cards.

Whether or not it is the ‘World’s Smallest’ is open to debate but it is teensy, measuring just 55 x 20 x 118mm and it tips the scales at just 50g. Up front there’s a fixed focus lens and behind that a 2 megapixel image sensor, image resolution is 640 x 480 at 30fps. Power comes form a rechargeable Li-Ion battery that lasts for up to 2 hours. There’s no monitor screen, just a few simple controls and you download your recordings to a PC using a USB 2.0 cable. It comes with a clip for attaching to your clothes, no price yet but according to all-knowing Engadget, which I thank for alerting me to its presence, online retailers are pitching it at between $85 and $159.