flip video: documentation

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

We had a demo of the Flip camera at this year's InField 2010 (
http://logos.uoregon.edu/infield2010/workshops/video-rec-editing-1/index.php)
video workshop.  The main advantage of the Flip camera is its ease of use,
mobility, price, and size.  Neskie is right in that it does record fairly
good video, that is of the HD kind or MPEG-4 format.  Anticipate 2-4 GB of
use/storage.  As with any video recording, audio is a key issue.  This is
especially so with the Flip camera and the audio-conscious
documentarian/community language advocate.  Audio is average (whatever that
might be to your ear!).  An alternative, quality mic source may be desirable
here if you are seriously considering using the Flip camera.  Nonetheless, I
could see where this might be an attractive advantage for many folks since
it is so affordable.  Besides, it might be a bit boring to try and use it
like a conventional video camera.  But are we boring people?  hehe, I didn't
think so.

Phil




On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Neskie Manuel <neskiem at gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend bought one, and it produced pretty good video.  The audio sounds
> good as well.  What I'm not sure about is the removable media, because X
> hours of use the media will fail, so it's best if you can replace it using
> SD cards, but I don't know.  I think they produce mpg videos.  I forget
> though.
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:46 PM, s.t. bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has experimented with FLIP video<http://www.theflip.com/en-us/?gclid=CI-O9vv08KICFQQMDQod7y0QlQ>for documentation work.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Shannon
>>
>
>
>
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