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: Flip Ultra is great.
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this little camcorder. Five minutes after opening the box I was making videos and saving them to my PC. It's small size and ease of operation are the reasons I purchased it and on those points it can not be beat. The built in software is all most people will need to save and share their videos. The video and sound quality are excellent. The lack of an optical zoom (limited digital zoom only)is it's only shortcoming but I can live with that. It even works well in low level interior lighting with only a small amount of grainines. The school where I work purchased several of these for children as young as 8 and 9 years to use to make reports and videos to go along with their lessons. I have also purchsed one for my 75 year old father-in-law and he really enjoyed making holiday videos with his great-grand children. It is just so easy and simple to use and with it's handy size there is no excuse for not having it with you all the time to capture what amounts to video snapshots.Customer Review: Love it
Summary: 5 Stars
This video recorder is excellent. It is small and easy to use. Like the camera on the cellphone it can always be with you because it is so small. However the quality is not as good as larger devices. Thats the trade off. But a less than perfect picture is sure better than no picture.
Once you take the video you plug the camera into your laptop. The first time the device loads itself up then you can edit and move it around on your computer.
Transferring the video is easy over the internet to sites like YouTube. The only problem is it takes forever, but that is the speed of the connection and has nothing to do with the camera.
The battery on the smaller devices lasts about an hour. This larger device it lasts about 2 hours. I have not run out of power yet, but have come close. Then you have to plug it in and charge for a while. Battery should last longer on a smaller device.
Capture your memories and enjoy. All in all is a great device.
Customer Review: Huge Flip Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
Love, love, love this product. I attend a lot of concerts and use the Flip to capture memories. Prior to the Flip, I just used my digital camera's video mode. This is so much easier. The display screen is big enough that I can watch the concerts without feeling like I've been watching the camera the entire show. The sound quality is fantastic. It filters out a lot of background noise. Most times I can sing along and you can't hear me, and the bands still sound perfect and not at all muffled. It has a wonderful stabilizer. The thing I hated about my digital camera's video mode is that I would get shaky or people would bump me. The Flip takes care of a lot of that. It is so easy to use with only a couple of buttons to push. The software is easy to use, too. It includes a feature that allows me to pull still shots from the video, making my digital camera unnecessary. The only thing I wish this camera had was a long-life, rechargeable battery that is standard with the kit.Customer Review: Checkboard Patterns in Dark Area
Summary: 2 Stars
We had the first generation Flip for a year. We really liked its portability and video quality and replaceable batteries. Its power switch failed all of a sudden (almost exactly after a year), so we decided to get another Flip, in this case, the second generation Flip (we really didn't need HD)...
Initially, we liked its bigger screen, but the video quality seemed slightly worse (especially the color and noise) than the first generation Flip. But we didn't think it was bad enough to warrant a return.
However, when we loaded the videos taken to a PC to view them, we noticed that there was a fixed checker-board pattern all over the scene, especially visible in a dark area. It was really bad, so we had to return the camera. I don't know if others have seen this or not.
We are thinking of trying the Flip Ultra HD because we think Flip still makes the best portable video camera (did Cisco's purchase ruin the company?), but we are concerned.
Customer Review: Was skeptical - Glad I bought it
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I are ballroom dancers and needed a video camera that was portable yet had good quality in all lighting. I used the camera to film several dance showcases. Several other people brought their video camera of various sizes and qualities. Although the lighting was low, the videos from the Flip were the preferred videos for the event. Why? It was so easy to use, captured movement with no blurring, sending videos through email and facebook was quick with no set up. Extracting still photos from the video was painless and produced excellent stills quality. I've used the Flip since to record dance lessons, groups and events other than dancing. Its a go-anywhere do anything camera. Highly recommend it. The only problem is that, like me, you may stop bringing your larger costly video cameras with you, and they become dust collectors.
There's only one setting for the flip: Easy with great results.