Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60 Minutes (Pink)
by Pure Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Customer Review: Great for Casual Use
Summary: 4 Stars
I've been using my Flip for a couple months now, and it does exactly what I was needing it to do. I was looking for something that could catch the cute little things my daughter does, like sing or dance, or even make funny faces because I was the regular camcorder I had was too big to lug around everywhere. It does exactly that and makes it easy to upload to my photo sharing site. It so simple to use even my 3 year old daughter figured it out in no time. She gets a kick out of seeing herself sing on the screen.
It's a pretty simple interface, it has a small screen on the back, with a play button, record button, trash can button, and a directional pad for scrolling through recorded videos. There is also a zoom function in there, but it's really unneeded. You'd probably be better off just moving yourself forward or backwards in relationship to what you are recording.
Customer Review: Sound quality poor if recording > 6 feet away
Summary: 4 Stars
Great little camera BUT I tried to use it for recording a presentation to do presentation skills training and the sound quality was just not good enough or loud enough. The picture was good. It is also very difficult to pan smoothly or zoom smoothly when using the little tripod. I wish it had the ability to have an external microphone and remote control. I had to return it because it did not meet my needs for this specific use. For personal use it would be great fun to use casually. Very easy to use on Mac and PC.Customer Review: Good for money
Summary: 4 Stars
Being a systems engineer, I'm a real techie and this product surprised me with it's ease of usage. I own an SLR camera, a highend camcorder already but wanted a quick and easy way to capture videos of my kid. This is the perfect fit for that. It takes clear, crisp videos and copying them to PC is a breeze. The software that comes with the camera is not excellent but really easy to use for novice users. You can't take this camera for trips or depend on it for shooting fireworks or similar stuff. But for shooting kids or other similar usage, this is a perfect fit.
I recommend this camera to anybody who have small kids.
-Sarma.
Customer Review: easy to use
Summary: 4 Stars
I was looking for a camcorder that worked like a camera, plug into my computer and let it do the work. The Flip fit that to a t. While the video quality is not super, it gets the job done. I'm able to capture footage of my daughter and post it for family to see. Customer Review: Not as happy as I thought I'd be
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this Flip Video Ultra in July and today was only the second time I've tried it. When it does work, it makes quite acceptable videos - at least for my uses.
However, for me, it doesn't work most of the time. I turn it on, it says I have 60 minutes to video tape and it is ready. I push the red button and nothing happens. I push the red button again and nothing happens. I might push the red button several times before it ever starts recording. By then, the object of my recording is long gone.
Then I pushed the button again and it wouldn't STOP recording. I pushed the button four times. It wouldn't stop recording. I finally turned it off.
I now consider this a waste of money, a commodity which is getting more and more dear with each passing day. I am very sorry to make this review only two stars, but that is for the only two times it has worked properly. I waited one year for the price to go down to where I could afford it - I should have saved my money and not bought this recorder.