Mini DV Spy Camera AEE MD80 Review

A review of a cheap Mini DV Spy Micro SD Cam. Got mine from Ebay – but also available from Maplin in the UK (as well as loads of other retailers online). Apologies for the length of the video. PLEASE NOTE – THE JERKYNESS IS ACTUALLY DOWN TO THE CHEAPO MEMORY CARD USED, NOT THE CAMERA.

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25 Responses to “Mini DV Spy Camera AEE MD80 Review”

megakanon on March 1st, 2010 at 8:44 pm

as far as i know they are made by “Spectra Optics”
apokalypse24 on March 2nd, 2010 at 11:09 pm

that was Sayid for sure!
suavio on March 4th, 2010 at 3:32 pm

Thanks for the video – ordered one of these based quite a lot on your review, and I have been very pleased. No stutter or jerky motion with the 4GB SD card I’m using.

Only question I have is whether you know how to remove/disable the automatic date stamp on recordings? Thanks!
Techmoan on March 4th, 2010 at 8:24 pm

The time/date stamp was a problem on some of the later models of this camera that were copies of the original one. Mine doesn’t show the time and date so I can’t comment – but I believe that someone has posted a video response and also given instructions of how to fix this very problem in the comments to this video. Have a look at some of the older comments and you should find it.
akkirocknroll on March 5th, 2010 at 2:19 am

wow go up to your URL bar, put a Q between the words you and tube and then press enter or click go
babyshaker90210 on March 5th, 2010 at 1:43 pm

And your Sayid comment killed me by the way haha
eletricneon on March 5th, 2010 at 3:16 pm

hay fela i need you help! i have a excact same camera,, and i need help finding the driver for it,, can you help please?
conspiracy777 on March 9th, 2010 at 8:45 pm

anyone know where there is a user manual for this online … like in PDF format or something?
T1Cybernetic on March 16th, 2010 at 2:43 am

Ha it does look like sayid though !!
izzaty369 on March 17th, 2010 at 7:57 pm

ToTechmoan;
The detail as following:
1.build a text called TAG.TXT under root directory of card.
2. open TAG.TXT,write synchronous date according to enclosure stricktly.

Details as following:
[date] need space with newline
2009/07/22 need space with newline
12：00：00
Techmoan on March 18th, 2010 at 1:54 am

Many thanks – hopefully this will answer everyone’s questions. My camera is the original model (not the copy) that doesn’t display the time anyway – so this has never been a problem for me – but it does seem to be a problem for many others.
salsal927 on March 19th, 2010 at 12:53 am

Did you ever get the driver? I’m looking also.
malavivius on March 20th, 2010 at 11:02 pm

When it’s set to voice activation how long does it record for? Does it record untill you stop it or for a time limit? Or untill the sound that activated it is gone?
Techmoan on March 20th, 2010 at 11:33 pm

@malavivius
I’m pretty sure it just keeps going until the battery is flat or the memory runs out. The absence of sound certainly doesn’t have any effect.
htksr on March 21st, 2010 at 11:29 pm

Hi.This is nice movie.I’m interested in this kind of product.I want to use this one for taking movies of my bike.This product seems a copy of Veho Muvi camcorder.There are a lots copy in the world,maybe…This is cheaper than Muvi.But I don’t decide which one I should buy.Please give me some information of any problem for battery etc.I heard this kind of copy has a problem to use huge memory for saving into SD.
Tbomb187 on March 22nd, 2010 at 3:54 am

Hi,
Can you please tell me the name of the supplier you got yours from, or a link ? I’ve seen some here on youtube that just come in a styrofoam package where as yours came in the white package with content pictures on it, also the fact that yours came with the metal body instead of plastic. Thanks for the review and If you could send me a link to where you got it. I’m assuming ebay but there are so many on there I want to make sure to get one like yours. Thanks
Techmoan on March 22nd, 2010 at 4:31 am

@Tbomb187
Sorry – I can’t remember – I got it in June last year. I checked ebay to see if the seller that I believe I bought it from sold them any more and he didn’t.
Greenaim8 on March 22nd, 2010 at 9:27 am

awesome
Techmoan on March 23rd, 2010 at 4:40 am

@htksr I think the Muvi is a copy of this one – this review video was filmed in July 2009. Don’t worry so much – these cameras hardly cost anything any more – if you want one, just buy it they only cost about £10 now.
mrkittyson on March 23rd, 2010 at 7:47 am

Hey does anyone who has this camera have the setup file/driver for this thing? I bought one after watching a few of these videos and just received it the other day.. seems to work fine I charged it and it turns on but when I downloaded the program that came on the cd with it and plug either the memory card or the camera into my computer, it shows up as a bunch of gibberish symbols and files that cant be opened. If someone has this camera and it works for them any help is appreciated!
daveandlouise123 on March 23rd, 2010 at 6:36 pm

OMG Michael Jacksons Dead?
lilcountryboy7 on March 25th, 2010 at 9:44 am

hey im thinking about getting this camera i need a lil camera for paintball so i can put it on my barrel and mask when i play is it good of enough to know wuts going on or is it a cheap piece of crap
soca1a1 on March 27th, 2010 at 8:48 am

hey techmoan…cool vid. i ordered 1 but mine didnt come in a box like yours. and no manual. can u tell me how to erase video once its been stored? ty
Techmoan on March 28th, 2010 at 3:24 am

@soca1a1 You’ll need to put the MicroSD memory card in a card reader or attach the camera directly to your PC then look for the folder on the card where the vid clips are stored and then delete them. There is no way of doing it from the camera itself.
Ampz316 on March 28th, 2010 at 6:15 am

I’ve never understood why these get marketed as mini DV when they don’t use mini DV tapes at all :S maybe someone could shed some light on the subject?

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