What makes a flip video recorder better than a digital camera that records in HD?
I decided on getting one of the Panasonic digital cameras that record in HD instead of getting the flip. I don’t understand why the flip is more expensive than the panasonic f3 for example. The video quality is the same and the flip doesn’t take high quality pictures the way the panasonic does.
@fhotoace That’s what I thought. I’m glad I did research and found a digital camera that records in HD instead of wasting money on the flip.
Answer by fhotoace
LOL.
It has a cute name and looks cool
What it does not have is an optical zoom, nor an auto-focus lens.
Any P&S camera can produce better video than a Flip
Answer by Hondo
It’s called marketing. Why does one shirt with a little alligator logo cost more than a shirt without one?
The Flip is more expensive because suckers are willing to pay more money for something that is popular.
Answer by keerok
What makes a flip video recorder better than a digital camera that records in HD?
- Nothing. It’s way much more inferior than most HD capable digital still cameras. It’s a marketing strategy. There’s no law preventing you from raising the value of your product as you see fit.
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Coolidge Corner Theater, Brookline shot with Panasonic GH1 and stock 14-140 lens
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First "test" shot with the GH1 and 14-140mm kit zoom lens.
I’ve been eyeing on getting an HD camcorder for a while. I just couldn’t decide between a flash memory based consumer camcorder, like the Canon HF-S21 or the GH1 that could be modded to shoot at a higher bitrate (44 Mbps vs Canon’s 28 Mbps) and is capable of shooting with various lenses using adapters.
I ended up getting a GH1 which I immediately modded to "GH13" capable of shooting native 24p at 1080p. If I had purchased a camcorder, I’d still have to carrying around another camera to get good photos. With GH1, I have a good digital camera as well as a very capable digital video camera.
My immediate thoughts on the camera:
I like the image quality. Is it as good as the DP2s? It’s hard to tell from 1024px size images but up close at original sizes, DP2s is better–but, I plan to shoot with better, prime lenses and I suspect the quality will be as good if not surpass DP2s’ IQ. GH1 has a very quick focus, and shutter lag is much better than DP2s but slower than Canon 5DMk2 (as expected).
I really like the articulating screen. The menu is very clear and easy to follow. There are also plenty of analog buttons for quick adjustments–such as, focus mode, aperture dial, AE/AF lock, designated video button, and single/burst/timer settings, etc. The camera is about the size of the GF1 but slightly thicker because of the articulating screen and has a more protruding hand grip, which feels good. The lens is quite and long when extended to 140mm, but it doesn’t look as unbalanced as the SONY NEX and its kit zoom lens.
As for the video, I don’t really like AVCHD format which GH1 uses. I’m a Mac user and I MUCH prefer Quicktime .MOV, H.264 format Canon uses. AVCHD is a pain because I am forced to edit the movie on more expensive editing software (like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere) or I’d have to transcode the .mts (AVCHD file) to MOV with lower nitrate.
I haven’t shot enough to write more about the camera. But, my immediate thoughts are, it seems like a really good, all around usable camera I could take with me when I travel and don’t want to carry a large DSLR.
I have a panasonic digital camera which also records in video(quick timer motion J-peg)
can you advise of a good value vidoe software package I can purchase to edit, download onto youtube etc
Answer by fhotoace
Look at Apple's QuickTime Pro 7. Any full version of quicktime can do what you want. If you own a Mac, iMovie can do what you want as well
A Little Basic Editing is an other program you may want to look at for editing any of the Quick Time video files
And http://www.avchdvideoediting.com/mov-editor.html
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