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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