Flip Mino Video Camera - Black 2 GB1 Hour (1st Generation) OLD MODEL

Mino is a camcorder that goes anywhere. Simply put it in your pocket! Then easily share your video on the web on MySpace YouTube and AOL. Weighing in at just over three ounces the remarkably slim yet powerful Flip Video Mino raises the bar for high-quality portable and easy-to-use video. Smaller than most cell phones Mino fits neatly into a jeans pocket to capture life's stories whenever and wherever they happen at a party a concert the beach even on a bike ride. The Mino also features Flip Video's built-in software that lets you simply plug the camcorder's signature flip-out USB arm into any computer for immediate editing and sharing. For the first time the Flip Video software lets you easily upload video directly to MySpace as well as to YouTube and AOL Video making it even easier to share video. In addition to quickly posting videos on sharing and social networking sites they can email videos and video greeting cards; create custom movies with their own music; capture still photos from video; save and organize videos on the computer; and for the first time seamlessly order and send DVDs anywhere in the world. Custom editing of movie mixes with the option to set them to your own music Capture of still photos from video Order DVDs online and have them shipped anywhere in the world TV connection for instant viewing (cable included) Tripod mountable Internal rechargeable battery delivers up to 4 hours of use between charges Unit Size is only 3.94 x 1.97 x 0.63 HWD

• Pocket-sized camcorder; Flat back panel with touch-sensitive buttons; 1.5-inch color LCD screen


• 2 GB of on-board flash memory--records up to 60 minutes of video; 2x digital zoom


• Internal Lithium-ion battery recharges when built-in USB arm is connected to a computer


• Connects to TV for instant viewing


• Built-in software lets you easily edit video files and upload them to video sharing sites

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Flip MinoHD Video Camera - Black 4 GB 1 Hour (1st Generation) OLD MODEL

A Review for Mac users

The camera

The camera has a 1.5 inch screen that is vibrant but small. The camera is thin and can easily be slid into the front pocket of your jeans. It is extremely light. The buttons on the back are touch sensitive and are not typical buttons that you "press". There is a nice quality built in microphone. Operation is dead simple. Turn it on and push the large red button to start record and then press it again to stop.



The video quality:

The video quality from this camera is phenomenal considering its price tag. No its not a Canon HV30 but its not supposed to be.There is very little motion blur and the colors are nicely saturated. Due to the higher quality video shakiness is more pronounced in the videos but its not terrible. The more still you can hold this camera the better. The sound is crisp and clear. I can easily say the quality of this camera trumps all other flash based camcorders in this price bracket.



The Software

Mac users rejoice! The Mino HD's video files ( MPEG4) are natively supported by Mac OS X Quicktime & iMovie 8 or iMovie HD. The software (Flipshare) even allows stitching the footage together adding music and transitions and exporting the finished result directly to Youtube or just onto your desktop. I am very impressed Pure Digital rewrote the software package so that the features for Mac Users were the same as PC users. When you first plug in the camera iPhoto will open and offer to import the video's. You can override this in iPhoto's preferences. From then on the Flipshare will open automatically.



Final Conclusion:

The Flip Mino HD billed as the worlds smallest HD camcorder (as of 11/14) is worth its weight in gold. Especially if you have a Mac! If I had to choose one con for this camera I would say that I wish they would've added an external microphone jack to it-but thats really reaching. It's a wonderful camera for the money and they say the best camera for the job is the one thats with you when you really need it.More detail ...