Digital Camera Fiend - A Camera Review

After seeing a preview of USA Network’s Burn Notice, a new TV series about a CIA operative who was blacklisted after being canned, it got me thinking about the life of a spy.

What qualities and tools would be necessary for a career of intrigue? Would I make a good spy?

The answer to the latter question is most assuredly a ‘no’ since I can’t lie to save my life, but that doesn’t mean I can’t daydream. And to me, the coolest thing about being a spy would be the gadgets at your disposal.

Every good spy needs a covert spy camera to record their findings. There are some amazing ones on the market, even for us civilians.

Check out this covert wireless camera in a pen.

The pen is fully functioning and if worn in a breast pocket no one would be the wiser that inside is a camera capable of recording images up to 60 feet away. At a cool $550, it’s not for the novice.

Or how about the digital spy cam hidden in a pair of sunglasses? OK, this one is a little bit obvious (I already admitted I wouldn’t make a good spy) but it’s pretty cool to take photos from your sunglasses with the click of a button on a remote control.

And lastly, this is my favorite. The cigarette pack spy cam:

Can’t you just picture Mr. 007 himself pretending to reach for a smoke from this benign-looking pack of cigs? Maybe the ousted CIA operative Michael Weston from Burn Notice has some of his own tricks up his sleeve as well. The show premiers on June 28.