Now that the optics and sensors in smartphones produce image on equivalence with what you ’d get from an affordable point and shoot camera , Canon has decided to just go with the menstruation andbuild a tiny barebones shooterthat wait about as minuscule as a USB flash bulb drive that it ’s decided to bring to lifevia crowdfunding .

Now that smartphones be well north of $ 1,000 , there ’s a good reason to be more protective of our roving devices . Think of how often you pause before turn over your phone to a friend to snap a photo . They say the skillful television camera is the one you actually have with you , but what good is it if you omit a picture because you ’re upset about your expensive twist getting wet , or dropped , or even scratched . That ’s where Canon ’s IVY REC could be a fantastical alternative .

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When a heartbeat drive and a carabiner love each other very much , their offspring would plausibly be a dead ringer for the IVY REC , which features a plastic housing , neon gloss , and a small hump on the anatomy which serves as the shutter button . Canon promises it ’s shockproof and waterproofed ( to a profundity of just a couple metrical foot , however , it ’s not for underwater diver ) and its 13 megapixel 1/3 - inch CMOS sensor can also enter hi - def telecasting at 60 frame per secondly .

There ’s even a received - sized tripod mount on the bottom , and a dial on the back for switch between the IVY REC ’s limited modes , but what you wo n’t find is an LCD display anywhere on it . When redact shots users can either use the square gob on the clip end of the tv camera as a crude viewfinder , or they can arrive at for their smartphone as wireless connectivity is included and it allows a devoid company Canon app to provide a resilient vista from the tv camera ’s sensing element . There ’s no honorable mention if a USB porthole will be included for downloading shot from the IVY REC , but exposure can be wirelessly offload to a smartphone for gentle communion .

Full contingent are unfortunately very light at this full stop , include what the IVY REC will be , how long its stamp battery will last , or if it will use microSD cards rather of built - in storage . In a sentence when consumers are n’t as interested in spending hundreds of buck on a subject but bulky DSLR because their smartphones snap pic that are good enough , Canon is still ostensibly hesitant about fully embracing the casual photography market . For the IVY REC , the company is hold out to test the waters using anIndiegogo crowdfunding campaignwhich it ’s still just teasing at this point ; it has n’t actually launch yet .

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But if you like the musical theme of preserve a cheap tiny photographic camera clipped to your belt , always at the ready , while your smartphone stays safely pucker by in your scoop , Canon promises that early supporters can snag one for up to 30 percent off whatever the retail cost ends up being — assuming enough people get on board to make the campaign a achiever .

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