Flip Ultra Video Camera - White, 4 GB, 2 Hours (2nd Generation) OLD MODEL
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Flip Ultra Video Camera - White, 4 GB, 2 Hours (2nd Generation) OLD MODEL
Customer Review: Excellent take-anywhere digital camcorder makes sharing your life simple
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this camcorder to share my life, and my kids' lives, with my parents overseas. We can take this camera everywhere, and we have. Just pull it out, press a button, and start taking great easy-to-edit video. Bring the camera home, plug it into your computer, and after a few minutes of editing (or none at all), you can email a link to it for family and friends to see, post a YouTube video, or a video on Facebook. It's so easy, even a ten-year-old could use it. My parents love the way it keeps them up-to-date with what we're doing here in the USA. This little camcorder is just such a wonderful, affordable marvel. Everyone should have one.
My one wish is that Flip would update the software so it could easily upload Amazon video reviews. As is, you have to use a different program to first convert it to a format that works for Amazon. It would be great to be able to post Amazon reviews as easily as I post YouTube videos.
Here's a link to a sample video of mine, just a snowy day: [...] Flip provided the captions, music, inter-cuts and everything. It will even edit a video for you, but I prefer to do it myself; and it really only takes minutes. Love, love, love my Flip camcorder!
Customer Review: Think twice if you have a video recorder on your camera
Summary: 3 Stars
First, this product is not bad, it is just not as wonderful as everyone seems to think it is.
Good) Small and easy to store.
Bad) No protective lense cover means I have to also buy a package to keep it in.
Good) Easy to start and record.
Bad) It only works well in good light. Normal house light at night is not good enough. All the lights in the room must be turned on.
Good) Sound quality is better than I expected.
Bad) The picture quality is not.
Bad) The "picture" feature looks promising, but I was dissappointed. If there is any motion (the people are usually not working to stay still) then it is VERY hard to get a good picture without streaks.
Also, the light in the room is a problem.
Good) If you are taking a "picture" of kids and you get them in a group, you can get a good picture from the film. Others might not get that exact moment that you can get with the video.
I guess I think you should buy this at the store and then return it if you do not like it. Online shopping is great, but trying something and returning it without shipping etc is sometimes nice.
Customer Review: Camera's great; support sucks
Summary: 4 Stars
I admit, I'm technically challenged. I love this camera. Its so easy to use and the pictures are pretty darn clear. The problem starts once the pictures are taken. Yes, I plug it into my computer using the handy little arm. I download the pictures. And that's where the challenge starts. How do I send my video to others? How do I burn it to a disk? How do I do ANYTHING with the pictures??? HMM. Let me look in the instruction booklet. Oh yeah, there ISNT one!! I'll go to the website! What they tell you doesnt make sense and if you write to their techs, they don't make sense either, just quoting what is on the website.
I believed the hype. I read the reviews on Amazon and thought it would be easy to use. I would love to send a video to friends and family, but I just don't have a clue how to do it. I spent hours on the computer trying to figure it out, either on my own or through the website. Not happening!!!
If you're not informed about video you might want to think about buying this camera. An instruction booklet would be really really nice!
Customer Review: PERFECT FOR A 10 YR OLD, REALLY!
Summary: 5 Stars
This camcorder is the answer! Ideal for online upload, stress free, easy spontaneous videos at your fingertips. Today we went to a store with pets for adoption. My son easily made a video of those cute kittens who needs a new home.
I choose the battery option of Ultra instead of Mino because I know internal battery can wear out. Compared to a Mino, this one feels tougher to hold, who needs a gadget that requires extra TLC?. Ideal for a laptop USB output only. If you have an desktop computer where the USB is up on pedestal of a standard hard drive - DONT BUY THIS CAMCORDER, the flip usb plug cannot hang in the air with no support (unless you use your hands)...and those upload time can vary , hopefully you wont have to hold a 2 hour long video upload ...if you know what I mean...
I bought 3 camcorders in 3 days, the first two ones I bought were Insignia and Ipod Nano, both were returned the next day. There is a camcorder for every need, budget and use...I cant complain for a 10 year old...he stopped asking questions on how to use this camera ...
Customer Review: Great Buy!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been reading reviews about the Flip for monthss and saw that most everyone loves it. My sister had borrowed one from a friend and loved it too. So, when I saw a special price on this before Christmas, I took the plunge. The only negative thing I have to comment on....and this might not be a problem, but I haven't yet found a solution....is that I have not yet found a way to transfer movies I have made with this onto a DVD. I get error mesaages each time I try. The research I have read seems to be conflicting with some saying I have to find some sort of flie converter software to make this work....most of which costs $35-$40 to buy. The movies and videos take up a lot of memory on the computer, so I want to trasfer them to DVD, but run into problems each time I try. So---I might reserve I final judgement on this...there MUST be a solution. I can't imagine Flip recording videos, being able to download them to ones computer, but now being able to put them onto other straige media. Please let me know if anyone else has a sloution to this.