Abstract: A dual-capture camera for capturing both digital and conventional images comprising: a housing having an inlet for receiving incident light; a mechanism for splitting the received incident light into two portions; an image sensor for sequentially capturing a plurality of digital images for forming a digital still image or digital video; and conventional film for receiving incident light from the beam splitter upon a predetermined criteria for capturing a conventional image having a time and date stamp; wherein, when the conventional image is date and time stamped, the digital image substantially corresponding in time to the captured conventional image is also date and time stamped with the same date and time stamp as the conventional image.

Abstract: A security system for tracking suspicious characteristics, the system includes first and second cameras each for monitoring and capturing images in a predefined area; and a computer electrically connected to the each camera and which computer is programmed to identify one or more movements that exceeds a predetermined threshold that is predefined as suspicious movement; wherein, when suspicious movement is detected by the first camera, the computer communicates to the second camera coordinates at which the suspicious movement will enter the predefined area of the second camera so that tracking is maintained within a larger predefined area.