These new mobile and live-streaming applications offer numerous benefits, such as using the VIXIA HF R42 or VIXIA HF R40 camcorder to record activities remotely, or setting the device to function as a baby monitor or security camera.

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So in 2007, he went behind the camera with Gone Baby Gone, which he wrote and directed.

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While Affleck was fun to watch in popcorn films like Armageddon, the actor showed a keen eye when he got behind the camera in his 2007 directing debut, Gone Baby Gone.

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Judy, still youthful, preens for the camera, and Emily, as the attention-starved baby of the family, is perfectly cast.

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Also, because the camera depends upon your WiFi network, it's not the kind of baby monitor that you'll toss in an overnight bag ready for use at grandma's house.

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