Review - What is the Best Mini Camcorder? - Comments

Invectus 14th January 2010, 08:46

thansk for the review, great work.

Jamie 14th January 2010, 09:52

I would love to try straping some of these to my helmet when I go riding.

Abhorsen 14th January 2010, 10:02

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Originally Posted by Jamie
I would love to try straping some of these to my helmet when I go riding.

For the love of god i hope you mean cycling...

logan'srun 14th January 2010, 10:03

there's already tons of helmet cams for the sports minded out there.

I'm interested in that Flip though, what format is the video in? My digi cam uses the AVHCD format which I don't really like, is this the same?

Hiren 14th January 2010, 10:14

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Originally Posted by Abhorsen
For the love of god i hope you mean cycling...

Clearly you've never met Jamie........

lacuna 14th January 2010, 10:35

I got the Flip ultra HD as xmas present to myself -glad I made the right choice :)

tonyd223 14th January 2010, 11:55

didn't I read this review in the mag? or am I living in a parrallel world where I pay for a magazine only to get the same content for free....

CooLJoE 14th January 2010, 16:02

What no Kodak Zi8?

pimonserry 14th January 2010, 17:13

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Originally Posted by CooLJoE
What, no Kodak Zi8?

+1

JAMF 14th January 2010, 17:34

Sound was completely left out of the evaluation? An external microphone is preferable in most cases, to improve the sound so it is on par with the image quality. On Gizmodo was a small report on these user created combos of camcorders, microphones and lights on various mounts.

Combatus 14th January 2010, 17:46

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Originally Posted by Hiren
Quote:
Originally Posted by Abhorsen
For the love of god i hope you mean cycling...

Clearly you've never met Jamie........

Clearly you've never met the Veho Muvi :D

trebores 14th January 2010, 22:24

So, the thesis of this article is basically "How do these stand alone cameras fare when we have built in cameras in our phones that do relatively the same thing". But you avoid addressing the interesting question and just do straight reviews of these stand alone cameras.

How about reviewing a couple of phone video cameras in the articles to get apples to apples comparisons. That would have made this a far more useful and interesting article.

stoff3r 14th January 2010, 23:29

Theres no need for a dedicated videocamera anymore, as the new dslr cameras can do more than good full-hd video for around $1000 and up. I can see these are in a different category, but hey, regular digital cameras also have been doing 720p/30 for a few years now. Gotta love technology :) I remember not more than 10 years ago i had my eyes on a cheap digital camera, it did vga-res !!!!

Lazarus Dark 15th January 2010, 00:46

My wife got the regular Flip as a door prize a year or so ago. It's REDICULOUSLY simple to use. And for SD, the video is actually really nice quality.

dcuccia 15th January 2010, 07:04

What, no...RCA EZ209HD?

Anfield 15th January 2010, 23:12

Some rather important info went missing about the Flip, the absolutely pathetic 90 day warranty, yes thats right, 90 days.
http://www.theflip.com/en-us/support/warranty.aspx

jhanlon303 16th January 2010, 00:51

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Originally Posted by Hiren
Clearly you've never met Jamie........

Jamie is the secret employee that keeps the site up. He doesn't get out much.

BLC 18th January 2010, 09:00

I almost didn't need to read this - as soon as I saw the camcorders under scrutiny, I always thought that the Flip would come out on top.

I'm not a fan of the "new breed" of compact digital camcorders. I still prefer MiniDV tapes (even with the associated complications of magnetic contact heads) because of their low cost and quality. That said, I've never really been interested in quick-point-and-shoot devices... Probably why I also still use film SLR cameras...