Q. I really want to buy the Kodak Zi8 Digital Camcorder, I've seen all the reviews I possibly can and I have more than enough to buy it, I have already made up my mind, I'm going to get it!
But my questions were how much do you like the Kodak Zi8? (if you own it)
Also, Is there a Kodak Zi9?
But my questions were how much do you like the Kodak Zi8? (if you own it)
Also, Is there a Kodak Zi9?
A. There is no Zi9, although some websites (blogs, etc.) are showing a Zi9, but it's actually a Zi6 (from 2008). The newest Kodak pocket cam is the PlaySport (see link).
I have a Flip UltraHD that I received as a gift but if I had a choice, I would have liked to have gotten the Kodak Zi8. Although I'm not much of a user of pocket camcorders, I like the fact that the Zi8 has a microphone jack, can record still images at 5MP, HDMI connectablility, 128 MB internal and can use SD cards, and it has a standard tripod screw port. I don't know of another pocket cam at the same price that has all those things. But it is a pocket cam with a small sensor and small fixed lens so don't expect it to be much on zoom.
I think you'll be pleased with it.
I have a Flip UltraHD that I received as a gift but if I had a choice, I would have liked to have gotten the Kodak Zi8. Although I'm not much of a user of pocket camcorders, I like the fact that the Zi8 has a microphone jack, can record still images at 5MP, HDMI connectablility, 128 MB internal and can use SD cards, and it has a standard tripod screw port. I don't know of another pocket cam at the same price that has all those things. But it is a pocket cam with a small sensor and small fixed lens so don't expect it to be much on zoom.
I think you'll be pleased with it.
Cheap flip camcorders?
Q. Anyone know of any really cheap but good quality small pocket / flip camcorders?
Looked on a few websites but the cheaper ones have mixed reviews
Thanks
Looked on a few websites but the cheaper ones have mixed reviews
Thanks
A. Flip camcorders SUCK big time. And they have an ongoing battery issue. Get one and every 6 months, replace your rechargeable battery.
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes � four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video. Not to mention, but the computer you upload your HD files to jas to have at least a 1 GB video card and a separate Audio card that can support Direct X 9 technology, you normal every day computer has massive troubles with HD video. Consumer level HD camcorders interpolate the video. This means they take one frame, make up the next 4 or 5 frames, take a frame and repeat this, over and over, for the remainder of the video, every video it takes is like this. With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a MIC jack. You will need a Firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a Firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Camcorders/High_Definition_HD/HV30/index.aspx
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes � four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video. Not to mention, but the computer you upload your HD files to jas to have at least a 1 GB video card and a separate Audio card that can support Direct X 9 technology, you normal every day computer has massive troubles with HD video. Consumer level HD camcorders interpolate the video. This means they take one frame, make up the next 4 or 5 frames, take a frame and repeat this, over and over, for the remainder of the video, every video it takes is like this. With a MiniDV tape camcorder, record 60 or 90 minutes ( camcorder settings), 90 seconds or less to change a tape and record for 60 or 90 more and repeat till you run out of tapes.
You can get a Canon ZR960 for $250. It is a MiniDV tape camcorder, has a MIC jack. You will need a Firewire (IEEE1394) card ($25 to 30) for the computer and a Firewire cable (less than 10) to be able to transfer video to your computer. To say this is not HD, think about this. It would cost in excess of $3500 to get a HD camcorder that could equal the video Quality of a $250 Canon MiniDV tape camcorder.
http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Camcorders/High_Definition_HD/HV30/index.aspx
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