Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Black)
by Pure Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Black)
Customer Review: Perfect for parents!
Summary: 5 Stars
Very happy with my Flip Mino. It can't get an easier to use on both the hardware and software sides. It's simplicity is it's greatest asset. The video quality is exceptional given it's small size and price. The only negative is the video quality when 'sharing' the videos via email. The files are compressed by Flip to reduce size, but the quality suffers a bit...not bad though. All in all, this is a great recorder to keep in your pocket (about the size of a cell phone) for those impromptu moments.Customer Review: A must have for any parent
Summary: 5 Stars
We have a new baby boy and this camera is just perfect. It is small enough to carry everywhere we go and catch those little memory's as they happen.Customer Review: Great basic camcorder
Summary: 4 Stars
This little device is so easy to use, a diseased monkey could use it to take effortless videos. Everything is straightforward, intuitive and self-contained so you aren't matching cables, ports, plugs, buttons, etc.
The obvious question: what's the quality? If you already use your cellphone to snap pics and share them with your friends, family and well-wishers, you won't have any problem with the quality of these short videos (and did I mention how easy they are to shoot/ upload?) Serious videographers probably aren't looking for a product like this anyway.
Happy videoing!
Customer Review: I love my Flip
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't even know I wanted a video camcorder until I received the Flip Mino for my birthday. I love it!! It is small and so easy to use...the manual is only about 4 small pages long. Perfect for everyday use. I am having a problem with loading videos on my computer using Flip software. It always uses my camera software to download them so there never any videos in my flip video library. I need to figure out why. Anyway, buy the FLIP!!Customer Review: Stay Away from this Toy!
Summary: 1 Stars
If you are used to the quality of other reputable brand names, stay away from this toy. I used many cameras and camcorders for years without a single defect. This toy stopped working after 3 months. It just won't power on.
Customer support staff are responsive but not helpful. The only advice they have is "reset and recharge the camera" and they keep going round in circle! They also give all sorts of excuses to avoid replacing the defective camera.
Yes, this product has some interesting features, such as the form factor and ease of use, but what good would this do if the quality is poor?! This camera has many other problems as well; the buttons (except for the power button) are touch based and extremely sensitive and can drive you nuts. The quality of the video is not as good as you would expect it to be. Many point and shoot cameras and even mobile phones can produce better videos. The screen is so small, to the extent that you feel like using a magnifying glass to preview your shots! Your mobile phone would most probably have a larger and more superior screen.
If you take this camera in your vacation you would be forced to take your laptop with you, because you would need it to re-charge the camera (through the USB port) as well as downloading the video when it gets full. As this camera doesn't have re-charge cable and there is no slot for exchangeable memory cards. If you are like me, I like to travel light in my vacation. I certainly don't like to take my laptop with me (my BlackBerry would be enough to check my email.)
In addition, all camcorders I used can directly be connected to DVD recorders. I find this to be the easiest way to save and share my videos. This camera cannot be recognized by DVD recorders. You have to take the tedious way of using PC software to create your own DVD. This can be complicated and time consuming.
I find it strange for this camera not to have still picture capabilities, as you would most probably need to take still pictures while you are shooting your video. This means that you will have to carry your still camera along. This will negate the advantage of being a pocket size camera. At this day in age you can hardly find a video camera, still camera, or even a mobile phone that doesn't have both video and still picture features. Even my kids' toy camera has both features!
It seems that the manufacturer of this camera had to cut corners and make so many compromises to come up with this interesting form factor. This might explain why the major players didn't follow suit and produce similar camera. I don't think they would be willing to make such compromises.