If you own a Flip camera, you now own a piece of history. Cisco, the owner of Flip has decided to cancel all production and and the entire Flip video camera line.
A few years ago, that was the first handheld video camera that made it simple and easy to press the red record button. The major drawback to that was that it there was no way to plug in an external microphone to get great quality audio.
It was 4:15 pm and the sun was going down. We had just started our run on a quiet trail that headed right into the sunset. The image was beautiful. Gorgeous mountain scenery, great skiing conditions, the wind rustling through my dark gray helmet and yellow-tinted goggles. The air was fresh, clean and cool. The only thing missing was my video camera.
Well, not exactly. You see, I had a choice of cameras…
Dave Kaminski of Web Video University talks about the best video cameras of 2010.
Holidays are right around the corner. Here’s what’s on my video wish list:
(I hope my wife is reading this…)
Video cameras:
3 Myths:
1. You need the best video equipment to create attorney video;
2. You need the most expensive video camera to create great video;
3. You need the most technologically advanced computer to edit your videos.
You just bought the latest and greatest video camera to shoot your attorney video. You got the best price for the most advanced camera on the market. Do you think a viewer can tell the difference between a video created with a $500 camera and one made with a $1,500 camera?
Dave Kaminski of WebVideoUniversity.com explains and demonstrates the Kodak Zi8. Take a look and decide for yourself if this camera is right for you.
Shooting video is really simple now. We have the Flip Mino camera, where you just push the no-brainer red button. We have the Kodak Zi8, now. We have the Sony Webbie camera. Really simple: Just push the big button in the middle and start taking your video. We can even use digital point-and-shoot cameras to take hi-def video now too.
Today’s blog post is about VIDEO equipment. Notice the double entendre in the title?
Most people think that in order to create good looking video, you must have a “professional” video camera that costs over $5,000 and looks like it came from a video production studio. That type of thinking is so wrong, on so many different levels. But it’s a typical expectation.
This statement comes to you directly from Jeanette Gibson, the New Media director at Cisco. Never heard of Cisco? You should have. They’re the largest company behind the internet. In fact, they make the internet work. This video interview by SocialMedia.biz asked how video and social media are used at Cisco. The answer provided the…
