FLIP Mino, video
Flippin Out
Mon/Jun/08 09:54 PM
If you check out
the last page on the
site you
will find a video of a trip I recently took with
some friends and family. The amazing thing is the
camera on which the video was shot. The Flip Mino
is a new small video camera that is about the size
of my very small cell phon. It looks a lot like a
blak iPod with a lens on one side. The back has a
large red button around which are four directional
toggles and above which are 2 selection buttons.
The form is much like and MP3 player and is very
intuitive. There is a built in microphone and
electronic zoom and a 1.5 inch LED screen in the
back to watch what is being shot and to review the
video clips. Much like a digital camera, you can
trash the clip if you don’t like them. It can
record up to 1 hour of video/audio. Now here it
the kicker, it has a built in USB male port that
pops out at the push of a button alowing you to
link and download to a Mac or PC without much
fuss. If you want to use Quicktime or other
players it is pretty straight forward. And you can
dump into movie software. Thus the first effort
you see posted. This will be great for web video
work. I’m just learning the ropes and will let the
kids take it on a trip to North Dakota in July to
shoot more footage. I love the fact that you can
be creative with minimal investment.
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