Randy and Roberta Johnson have a nine-month-old daughter, Beverly. As with all young kids, her parents wanted to get as much of her growing up on tape as they could. They wanted candid shots, but Beverly was a bit camera shy. As Randy told us, "Our daughter, though very young, knows what a camera is for so she will not carry on with her playing activities when she sees the camera or camcorder." He also worried that "We miss so many of the precious pictures we want of her growing up and playing, because she concentrates on the person with the camera." So it’s time for XCam2 to the rescue.

Randy and Roberta took the XCam2 and stashed it in Beverly’s room behind some pictures, where it got a good view of the whole room. Beverly was completely unaware of the camera, and went about her business without ever suspecting anything.

But Randy and Roberta got a payoff as well. They could take pictures of their daughter playing, and them playing with her, and they were in the moment. They lived the event; they didn’t tape it and watch it later. This has been a great blessing for the young parents. And it’s got them thinking ahead to Beverly’s future. "We’re planning on monitoring her in other rooms as she gets older to be sure she doesn’t get into something that could harm her," Randy says.

This has been a great solution to getting candid video of their daughter. But, Randy mentions another added bonus to having the XCam2 in his house. He tells us "I personally like to catch my daughter and her mother playing together without them knowing it." It seems that Roberta is a bit camera shy herself.

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