Jun 27 2008
Flip Mino Video Test
Vanessa and I bought a Flip Mino this week. It just came in the mail today. I haven’t been feeling very well over the past few days. So it was a nice treat to have the camera arrive.
The Mino is surprisingly easy to use from start to finish. It doesn’t seem to jitter like the Flip Video does (i.e., that “warbly” picture effect). Plus I didn’t even have to install any software or fancy codecs to get the video onto my G5 and uploaded to the web = very cool.
This short vid above is a quick test recorded in our living room. I also bought the flip which is nice to have for shooting talks at conferences. I am really looking forward to using this camera.
OK, I’m sold, esp if there’s no warbly effect, if that can be called an effect and not defect
Amazon.com, here I come.
I do adore that mirror!
Thanks, Aubree!
Yes, the camera’s great. We’re also ordering a bunch at CCTV for our Summer Media Institute (Youth Program) and NeighborMedia (Citizen Journalism) programs to make it easier for people to shoot, edit and upload video to the web.
I’m really looking forward to seeing how people will use these little cameras at a community media center!
Okay, so I have the old flip ultra. One of the things I really don’t like about it is the fact that I can’t edit the video in iMovie without transcoding from the native AVI. Is the Mino any different? The ultra videos look great in Miro, but if you want to stitch more than one together you have to go through a couple steps (or did I miss something?)
The Mino is different. You can import the raw files directly into iMovie and they playback fine. And I’m using OS 10.4.11.
I noticed that with the Ultra you have to download the the software, Perian prefs, etc. Not with the Mino. It just works!
The only thing I did notice is the wobbly image effect is still present. If you move the camera quickly from side to side, you will notice on both cameras (ultra and mino) that there is distortion. Thinking that it has something to do with the way lines are scanned.
So, if you’re not moving around too much then your video should be fine. But I definitely wouldn’t take it to the Olympics
guys, it jitters! even in the video above it’s plain to see. it reminds me of cell phones from a few years ago that would record video in a very similar way. yes the picture quality itself is much clearer, but the jitters are obnoxious. digital cameras around the same price take videos that don’t jitter like this at all.
you could say I’m lame, but I just think this is a lack luster approach to fulfill a niche market. I kinda hope this doesn’t take off because companies need to stop cutting corners and start putting out quality products. It’s 2008 so I think a unit like this should not suffer from an issue that some 5 year old cell phone once did. Jitters in a stand alone video device? C’mon…