[vidguy69]

I recall a few years ago, a young lad was apprehended by the local police---in commerce City, CO for trying this. That was before the days of more miniturized camcorders. He was using a camcorder dangling from a long shoulder strap, hand-carrying it down low, and shooting upwards at an outdoor flea market. Fairly clever, and he must have gotten some good footage before he was caught by a security guard who had been observing him. He would adjust the carrying strap so the camera could be manipulated to aim upward when he was behind a girl in a skirt, that's how the guard caught him. I believe the charges were invasion of privacy and secretly videotaping underage girls for sexual pleasures. I don't recall the outcome of his arrest, but it made an interesting story nonethess.

I've used my Sony camcorder with Nightshot and an Infrared filter to get some rather interesting "X-ray" video footage--but it has to be under the right lighting conditions.