Flip Video Tripod
by Flip Video
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Flip Video Tripod
Customer Review: A steady tripod for your Flip
Summary: 5 Stars
This tripod for the Flip Ultra is very good and I highly recommend it. Small hand movements look huge when you playback your videos on a large screen TV. It makes your videos look much better when the Flip is steady and not moving all the time. The price is great and the quality is excellent. It is well made and feels like it will last the lifetime of the Flip. It attaches easily to the mount on the bottom of the Flip and comes with extra sets of feet in colors so it will match your camcorder. It is five inches tall and the legs are infinitely adjustable. The legs will also grasp objects so you can put the Flip on a stable mount just about anywhere. Although, I would not use this method on anything that is moving, it doesn't grip tight enough for that. There are other mounts you can get to fasten the Flip to bikes and helmets.Customer Review: Strictly average.
Summary: 3 Stars
I don't know what everyone else is thinking. But most of the reviews sound like this is the only tripod they've ever used, so they feel obliged to give it a "5-Star review". Seriously, there's much better out there. I've used this tripod for a week, and it's irritating.
Pros:
-Inexpensive
-Branded to match
-Flexible legs
-Comes with different colored tips
Cons:
-Can't really adjust the tripod to make the camera sit anywhere but straight on
-Legs do not hold shape
-Feels cheap
I find it kind of a big deal that I can't make the camera tip back and point a little upward since it's on such a short tripod. Alas this isn't possible with the flimsy legs that aren't long enough to support it at a backward tilt angle, and lets that can't hold shape.
Customer Review: Dinky little thing
Summary: 3 Stars
This tripod is nothing special, it's about an inch longer than the Flip Ultra HD, and unfortunately the FlipCams do not take this tripod to the center of the camera. The hole is located on the bottom left or bottom right of the FlipCams, making the center of gravity NOT directly over the tripod, this is some poor design as far as the flipcam itself. The tripod is small and the legs are thick bendable wires. Overall the tripod gets the job done, just be careful because it might fall due to the center of gravity issues i mentioned before. Overall I probably wouldn't have gotten this if it didn't come in the bundled package, but if you plan on putting your flipcam on lots of counters, steps, shelves, or other things that are already elevated, this tripod would probably do wonders for you.Customer Review: Perfect, essential add-on for Flip camcorder owners
Summary: 5 Stars
QUICK SUMMARY: Every Flip camcorder owner ought to have one of these. Especially children!
7 Reasons why I like this product:
#7 It's so small, you can easily tote it around with you
#6 It's easy to place it atop another horizontal surface -- chair, desk, counter -- to get the right height
#5 I didn't buy the wrong color tri-pod
#4 Kids can easily use it, but they can't easily break it because the legs are flexible
#3 It does what it's designed to do, that is, it keeps your Flip camera steady!
#2 It's inexpensive!!
... and Reason Number One...
#1 Kids create watchable videos for their parents instead of all those nauseating, jerky videos!
Highly Recommended!!
Customer Review: Simple is good
Summary: 5 Stars
I have an expensive Digital SLR with multiple lenses. But for a camcorder, I wanted something simple, light, and small that coulde be used to record family events and sudden picture opportunities. The Flip mino HD is perfect for this purpose. Picture quality outdoors is very good. Indoors, without flash, the quality was much better than expected as long as there is a light source like sunlight. There is no flash. The best part of the story is the way videos are transfered to the computer and the ease with witch pictures can be shared. This is a very well thought out product.
What could be improved? Almost everything but the software tranfering videos to your computer, but the simplicity and ease of use would be compromized.