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Fiber Optic Camera - A Good Device For Spying And Snooping Around

Posted On : Jan-24-2012 | seen (534) times | Article Word Count : 606 |

If you need to look under a door and through walls, you'll need a fiber optic camera. This article talks about the various kinds of cameras available and how they are able to assist in your surveillance job.

Previously, surveillance work was a hard affair. With today's technology, snooping around is no longer a problem. There's a mini fiber optic camera that will help you determine what is going in the next room or under the door.

Who uses one?

A mini fiber optic camera is used by detectives, law enforcement agents, and investigators. These small devices help gain audio-visual footage of suspects. The beauty of it is that they are basically undetectable. All you need to do is place it in a tiny, confined area. There are several variants available on the market so be sure to do some research. You will need to get the right one for your investigation efforts.

The Mini-Snake

One type of fiber optic camera used in surveillance is the Mini-Snake. It is thin, flexible, and features a 3.7mm pinhole lens. It also comes with a 1/4 inch color charge coupled device and a .01 illumination area. Private detectives like this seeing device as it can see around corners, under doors, inside drain pipes, and limited areas not seen by the human eye.

Recording using this type of camera offers you the ability to listen to precise dialogue in the immediate area. This is because it comes with a built-in microphone. The high-resolution lens also provides you with a crystal clear surveillance video. It's also easily adaptable, that makes it ideal for recording real-time events.

The Flexible Fiber Camera

Another variant is the flexible Fiber Camera. It is sold as a kit and contains a 3 1/3mm fiber optic cable, a true color charge-coupled device, and an automatic electrical iris with a view of 1/60 to approximately 1/10,000th sensitivity. A 12-volt battery powers everything and makes it possible for viewers to work with its fully adjustable focus. The range starts at 0.5 inches and goes all the way to infinity.

This fiber optic camera is best used with a micro video Walkman, which makes it the perfect partner of private investigators. You can certainly hook this up to different TV screens and video cameras, as it comes with 300 cable lines.Watching people is a breeze. They'll never realize you are watching them. Its small size is ideal for going under doors and difficult to reach places.

Fiber-Optic Inspection Scope

This kind of unit is a scope you can get in a variety of cord lengths. It is useful for looking under doors, locked rooms, or drain pipes. One can find lengths in 3.3 feet, 6.7 feet, or 10 feet. To record using this type of device, you have to buy an adapter to record to a video camera or other such viewing device.

The main advantage of this fiber optic camera is you can see and record in total darkness. Nighttime investigations are never a problem after you have this in your possession. The eyepiece of the scope is a lens that is 2mm in diameter and is attached to flexible fiber optic bundle.

Before making use of any of these cameras, you will need a fiber optic transceiver. This is an essential component to your surveillance system. It works much like your computer Ethernet Card. You will see that modern computers integrate this on the motherboard, and never as a separate PCI card.

A fiber optic transceiver has two ports. One is the transmitter port and also the other is the receiver port. The transmitter port sends out a laser signal to a linked transceiver. The receiver port is used for receiving the laser signal from the other transceiver.

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Christian Yap is interested in installing a surveillance system and wishes to learn more about a fiber optic camera as well as a fiber optic transceiver.

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