Electronics Gadget Reviews

Flip Tripod for Flip Ultra and Mino Camcorders

for Flip Video camcorders * interchangeable feet match Flip Video camcorder colors * maximum height: 5″ * warranty: 30 days *

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Simple is good
I have an expensive Digital SLR with multiple lenses. But for a camcorder, I wanted something simple, light, and small that coulde be used to record family events and sudden picture opportunities. The Flip mino HD is perfect for this purpose. Picture quality outdoors is very good. Indoors, without flash, the quality was much better than expected as long as there is a light source like sunlight. There is no flash. The best part of the story is the way videos are transfered to the computer and the ease with witch pictures can be shared. This is a very well thought out product.

What could be improved? Almost everything but the software tranfering videos to your computer, but the simplicity and ease of use would be compromized.

4 Stars Works well with my Flip Ultra, second generation (older model)
This little tripod does what a tripod is supposed to do: It holds the camcorder to free the hands of the operator and eliminate movement of the camera. I found it stable enough to support my Flip Ultra with the support feet in multiple positions.

5 Stars cool item
Product came with several colored tips, very sturdy and a must have item for the Flip.

5 Stars Perfect Accessory for my Flip
Great little tripod to help steady your shot with your Flip! It’s flexible, easy to pack up (like the Flip) so it’s a great accessory to tag along whenever you need a shake free shot!

4 Stars Nice Portable, Compact Item!
This tripod is great for taking videos of students. It sits nicely on a table. If you’re using this for students in a classroom and space is an issue, it is a nice portable, compact tripod.

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Flip Tripod for Flip Ultra and Mino Camcorders

for Flip Video camcorders * interchangeable feet match Flip Video camcorder colors * maximum height: 5″ * warranty: 30 days *

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Simple is good
I have an expensive Digital SLR with multiple lenses. But for a camcorder, I wanted something simple, light, and small that coulde be used to record family events and sudden picture opportunities. The Flip mino HD is perfect for this purpose. Picture quality outdoors is very good. Indoors, without flash, the quality was much better than expected as long as there is a light source like sunlight. There is no flash. The best part of the story is the way videos are transfered to the computer and the ease with witch pictures can be shared. This is a very well thought out product.

What could be improved? Almost everything but the software tranfering videos to your computer, but the simplicity and ease of use would be compromized.

4 Stars Works well with my Flip Ultra, second generation (older model)
This little tripod does what a tripod is supposed to do: It holds the camcorder to free the hands of the operator and eliminate movement of the camera. I found it stable enough to support my Flip Ultra with the support feet in multiple positions.

5 Stars cool item
Product came with several colored tips, very sturdy and a must have item for the Flip.

5 Stars Perfect Accessory for my Flip
Great little tripod to help steady your shot with your Flip! It’s flexible, easy to pack up (like the Flip) so it’s a great accessory to tag along whenever you need a shake free shot!

4 Stars Nice Portable, Compact Item!
This tripod is great for taking videos of students. It sits nicely on a table. If you’re using this for students in a classroom and space is an issue, it is a nice portable, compact tripod.

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Kodak Zx1 HD Pocket Video Camera Black

Adventure can strike at any moment. Capture it in HD with the Kodak Zx1 Pocket Video Camera. Built to take on rain and snow, bright light and low light, this camera is ready for action. Now, no matter where life leads you, recording it all in stunning HD quality is as close as your front pocket.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars DO NOT buy this video camera
DO NOT buy the Zx1. Kodak advertises remote control as one of the selling features. They LIE! There is no such thing available either in the Lodak stores or at retailers. FALSE ADVERTISING and pretty crappy customer service when I asked about how to get the ADVERTISED remote. I no longer trust Kodak and will likely return this camera since the remote control was an important feature to me.

5 Stars Kodak Zx1
This camera is amazing. The video quality is amazing and the weather proof body is amazing. Took videos at the beach that were amazing without having to worry about ruining my full size video camera.

Camera fits in your pocket & the controls are EASY! Read a lot of criticism about not having a built in USD port (W/o using a cable) but found it easier and faster to simply insert the SD card into my laptop.

Do not hesitate purchasing this product…

5 Stars A best buy
For starters Amazon delivers on their promise of a 3-day delivery. This is a company you can count on.

The Zx1 is right on target. Right out of the box it does exactly what you would expect from a small pocket video camera – decent quality and simple operation. Even indoors the quality was acceptable – which is more than you can say about most cameras in this class.

This is clearly a second-generation pocket video camera – with improved controls and support for large capacity SD cards. The AA batteries are just what you need to make sure you will never run out. I was surprised to see that a charger was included.

My big concern about buying a Flash Drive HD camera was the issue of file format. This is a thorny issue with all HD video cameras. I could care lass about HD – I just wanted decent quality and the ability to edit video.

The plan is simple – archive the ‘HD’ content and keep it for future editing when software and hardware are readily available. And meanwhile

convert the files to AVI or another usable DVD formtat for immediate use.

The supplied ArcSoft program does primitive conversion of the 720p format to 640 DVD format – but in Quicktime – which Windows Media player version 9 still refuses to recognize in Windows XP ( I hate Vista)

There are many third party programs which do a better job of conversion – the one I use is AVS Video Converter 6. It took the raw MOV file from the SD card and converted it to AVI format with the 720 lines preserved and good sound quality. As with all such conversions it is slow but the quality is excellent. This is not a trivial conversion. Of course AVS will convert it to any of a dozen other formats – some with smaller file size – but none with higher quality.

Since this camera is so new, the Kodak web site has very limited documentation for the Zx1. They avoid entirely the issue of file formats and that is because it is a thorny issue. Along these lines I should mention that without loading any software, you can slip the SD card in your computer slot and you will get a MOV file. It comes up as a Quicktime file. My version of Quicktime played the movie O.K but there was no sound. I’m sure an update is available – but it may not be free.

Of course my Quicktime player did play the MOV file after it was converted by ArcSoft.

Hey for $150 – this is a great buy and it seems to be durable also.

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