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by jszymborski 953 days ago
Am I missing something or is "smallest webcam" a provably false statement? My laptop has an integrated camera that fits in the bezel, I own several Raspberry Pi cameras that are much smaller than this, and the word "tad" is doing a lot in the phrase "just a tad taller than a gummy bear".

Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly care seeing as the camera is suitably small and the other webcams are not fit for the same purpose, but my point is that if all I have to go on is the marketing, it doesn't inspire confidence.

Edit: The average height of a gummy bear is 2cm and the Tadpole is 3.5cm tall. A gummy bear is nearly half as tall (57%) as a this camera. I really dislike this copy.

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Part of me wishes they used the traditional American relative measurement unit: the football field.

It’s 0.0319 football fields tall.