Buy a Mino http://www.flipmino.com Flip Mino and Mino HD Cameras Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Overview: 2nd Generation Flip MinoHD http://www.flipmino.com/overview-2nd-generation-flip-minohd/ http://www.flipmino.com/overview-2nd-generation-flip-minohd/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:20:04 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=202 post thumbnail

The Flip UltraHD has an MSRP (at this writing) that is the same as MinoHD 1.0, but with substantially heftier specs. The MinoHD 2.0 is priced about $30 higher than the UltraHD, yet has an internal battery that isn’t user replaceable. In this video, we present feature comparisons and trade-offs, and also provide a side-by-side comparison of the video taken by each of these camcorders.

Tags: side comparison, internal battery, feature comparisons, trade offs, replaceable
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/overview-2nd-generation-flip-minohd/feed/ 3 Review of Flip minoHD http://www.flipmino.com/review-of-flip-minohd/ http://www.flipmino.com/review-of-flip-minohd/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:14:17 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=200 post thumbnail

The folks at Flip Video (Pure Digital) sent me a Flip minoHD to review on my blog (pomomusings.com) and to keep for use with the youth ministry I lead (I’m a Youth & Young Adult Minister).

I found the Flip to be a really great pocket HD camcorder and would highly recommend it.

Tags: blog, young adult, amp, youth ministry, hd camcorder
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/review-of-flip-minohd/feed/ 3 Flip MinoHD Test http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test-2/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test-2/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:06:33 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=198 post thumbnail

Recorded earlier today (22 November 2008) in the DTW tunnel. Just testing out the capabilities of the Flip MinoHD. See how it holds up in extreme lighting conditions.

Tags: tunnel, lighting conditions, testing, 22 november, capabilities
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test-2/feed/ 2 Flip Bike Mount Test http://www.flipmino.com/flip-bike-mount-test/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-bike-mount-test/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:59:15 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=196 post thumbnail

Flip video bike mount +iMovie09 +music that was in my head at the time… :)

Music: Popscene – Blur

Tags: Video, iMovie, head, time music, Popscene
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-bike-mount-test/feed/ 3 Flip MinoHD TEST http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:52:27 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=194 post thumbnail

Flip MinoHD is tested for action footage. Hand held recording while on a skateboard.

Tags: footage, action footage, skateboard, Action, Hand
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test/feed/ 4 Flip UltraHD vs. MinoHD – Night http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultrahd-vs-minohd-night/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultrahd-vs-minohd-night/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:59 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=191 post thumbnail

looks like the mino hd handles the very dark a lot better and picks up more light than the ultra hd. good thing i went with the mino hd :)

Tags: thing, lot, mino, hd, ultra
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The difference in sound is HUGE… More balanced colors i think (reduced color cast).

Tags: MinoHD, colors, sound, color, cast
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultrahd-vs-minohd-2/feed/ 2 Flip UltraHD vs. MinoHD http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultrahd-vs-minohd/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultrahd-vs-minohd/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:35:12 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=187 post thumbnail

I wanted to show a side by side comparison of the Flip UltaHD vs the MinoHD. The Ultra has a slightly wider field of view, and a slightly improved picture, but it really beats the MinoHD in sound. The Mino is mono while the UltraHD is stereo. Listen with headphones for best comparison. The first clip is a low light, indoor test. The second is in bright sun, ourdoors.

Tags: mino, side comparison, mono, headphones, bright sun
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultrahd-vs-minohd/feed/ 3 Flip Mino HD vs. Kodak Zi6 http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-vs-kodak-zi6/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-vs-kodak-zi6/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:27 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=183 post thumbnail

New Toy! The Flip Mino HD: same size as the regular Mino, only it shoots an hour of full 720p HD. I took it out for some side-by-side shooting, setting it against its natural competitor: Kodak’s Zi6.

See! Tripod-mounted outdoor footage! See! Dashboard cam footage! See! Walking footage! See! Indoor footage of the production of hot, crispy toasted bagels! Can you STAND it?!?

Do keep in mind that this video doesn’t show the differences between the two cameras as dramatically as the original footage. The camera footage was first scrunched down from 2 gigs to 500 megabytes to make it reasonable for upload, and then Vimeo processed it some more.

Tags: megabytes, camera footage, new toy, 720p, mino
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-vs-kodak-zi6/feed/ 2 Mino HD sunshine & shade test http://www.flipmino.com/mino-hd-sunshine-shade-test/ http://www.flipmino.com/mino-hd-sunshine-shade-test/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:19:16 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=181 post thumbnail

Took the flip Mino HD outside for a walk in the sun. Tried mounting it to the saddle horn. Edited in Final Cut Pro. Had to convert to a different codec to edit. FCP wouldn’t render dissolves in h.264. Converted to proresHQ then back to H.264 for vimeo…then vimeo did their thing to it.

Tags: saddle horn, h 264, vimeo, mino, walk in the sun
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/mino-hd-sunshine-shade-test/feed/ 1 Canon HV20 vs Flip MinoHD Daylight http://www.flipmino.com/canon-hv20-vs-flip-minohd-daylight/ http://www.flipmino.com/canon-hv20-vs-flip-minohd-daylight/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:04:28 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=178 post thumbnail

Video comparing the Canon HV20 against the Flip MinoHD in various daylight conditions. For the record the HV20 is on the left and the MinoHD on the right!

Tags: Video, canon hv20, daylight conditions, canon, right
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/canon-hv20-vs-flip-minohd-daylight/feed/ 1 Flip MinoHD works in vacuum! http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-works-in-vacuum/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-works-in-vacuum/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:21:42 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=166 post thumbnail

Testing Flip MinoHD in vacuum chamber up to a pressure equivalent altitude of 300,000 ft (almost the pressure in Low Earth Orbit).

Because the Flip MinoHD records video directly to solid state memory, it functions without any problems in vacuum. Normal video cameras that use miniDV cassette or small optical discs almost always overheat in a vacuum because they typically rely on air convection to remove excess heat.

Hard drive based video cameras (and all other hard drives) also fail in vacuum environments. The read/write head of a hard drive normally floats on a cushion of air. However, in a vacuum, this cushion doesn’t exist and the read/write head literally crashes into the magnetic platters.

Thanks Pure Digital Technologies for providing a Flip MinoHD evaluation unit.

Awesome.

Tags: solid state, state memory, platters, hard drives, vacuum environments, optical discs, video cameras, vacuum chamber
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-works-in-vacuum/feed/ 1 Flip Mino HD – High Quality Test – My Cat and Her Carrots http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-high-quality-test-my-cat-and-her-carrots/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-high-quality-test-my-cat-and-her-carrots/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:10:37 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=127 post thumbnail

Shot the test video to find out how to get the High Quality version in Yahoo. If you use FlipShare’s youtube uploader it automatically compresses the video to the low quality Youtube version. In order to get the High Quality you need to upload the old fashion way.

BUY A FLIP MINOHD BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!

Tags: quality version, low quality, old fashion way, hd, carrots, high quality, quality test, yahoo, YouTube
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-high-quality-test-my-cat-and-her-carrots/feed/ 4 Flip Mino HD Hands On Review – The Modern Materialist http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-hands-on-review-the-modern-materialist/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-hands-on-review-the-modern-materialist/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:09:22 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=125 post thumbnail

Modern Materialist, Alex Zalben, reviews the new Flip MinoHD head to head with the NON HD Flip Mino.

Tags: hd, materialist, mino, head, alex
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-hd-hands-on-review-the-modern-materialist/feed/ 2 Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain Using Flip Mino HD! http://www.flipmino.com/disneylands-big-thunder-mountain-using-flip-mino-hd/ http://www.flipmino.com/disneylands-big-thunder-mountain-using-flip-mino-hd/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:25:55 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=109 post thumbnail

Hi guys well I got some time to go to Disneyland today and I thought I would test out my Flip MinoHD camera to see how well it does on a moving ride. Of course it is going to be a bit shaky due to a train going approx 25 mph through turns and dips. But I think it turned out very well enjoy.

Tags: dips, hd, disneyland, mino, thunder mountain
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/disneylands-big-thunder-mountain-using-flip-mino-hd/feed/ 2 Flip Ultra Versus Flip Mino Review http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultra-versus-flip-mino-review/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultra-versus-flip-mino-review/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:24:06 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=107 post thumbnail

Review of Flip Ultra and Mino side-by-side.

Tags: Flip Ultra, Flip Mino, Versus, Review
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-ultra-versus-flip-mino-review/feed/ 2 Flip Mino vs. Flip Mino HD http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-vs-flip-mino-hd/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-vs-flip-mino-hd/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:18:51 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=104 post thumbnail

a side-by-side comparison of the Flip Mino and the new Flip Mino HD.

Tags: hd, mino, Flip Mino, side comparison, comparison
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-vs-flip-mino-hd/feed/ 1 The Flip Mino Video Camera http://www.flipmino.com/the-flip-mino-video-camera/ http://www.flipmino.com/the-flip-mino-video-camera/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:04 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=102 post thumbnail

Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at the Flip Mino compact video camera. This tiny little inexpensive video camera works well with Macs and iMovie.

]]> http://www.flipmino.com/the-flip-mino-video-camera/feed/ 1 Pocket Camcorders Compared http://www.flipmino.com/pocket-camcorders-compared/ http://www.flipmino.com/pocket-camcorders-compared/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:08:28 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=100 post thumbnail

Flip mino, Creative Vado and RCA pocket camcorder comparisons.

Tags: rca, vado, Camcorders
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/pocket-camcorders-compared/feed/ 1 Flip Mino: urban dogs at play http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-urban-dogs-at-play/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-mino-urban-dogs-at-play/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:05:30 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=98 post thumbnail

Two minutes of hot dog-on-dog action recorded with the Flip Mino. NOTE: these dogs are playing, not fighting (tails are wagging); also, no bets were placed on which dog was expected to “win”

Tags: these dogs, hot dog, two minutes, mino, urban dogs
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