Comments on: Review: Kodak Zi8 http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/review-kodak-zi8/ HTPC, Gadgets, Technology Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Camcorder reviews http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/review-kodak-zi8/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Camcorder reviews Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:30:24 +0000 http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=1243#comment-1264 I also agree about not seeing the SD card as a con. My biggest question.. is how is the image stabilization? I'm excited to see a camera at this size shooting true 1080p. CF I also agree about not seeing the SD card as a con. My biggest question.. is how is the image stabilization? I’m excited to see a camera at this size shooting true 1080p.

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]]> By: Jeremy Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/review-kodak-zi8/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Jeremy Jones Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:29:58 +0000 http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=1243#comment-1094 I don't see a downside to SD cards at all. Like you said you can have one card for each use. The only issue I see is that the consumer will have to understand that a SD card will be required. Hopefully they are smart enough to hit up Amazon for cheap prices, under $20 for 8GB. I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but the Zi6 used .mov extensions. I assume the Zi8 will as well. I consider that a plus for Mac users. The Flip uses .avi which isn't as compatible with iMovie and other video editing software. I don't see these compact camcorders going anywhere for awhile. Kodak seems to know that smartphones have recording capabilities but are limited. They have to add things that smartphones don't have. The Zi6 had a macro switch for recording close-ups. The Zi8 has mic input and image stabilization. I don’t see a downside to SD cards at all. Like you said you can have one card for each use. The only issue I see is that the consumer will have to understand that a SD card will be required. Hopefully they are smart enough to hit up Amazon for cheap prices, under $20 for 8GB.

I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere but the Zi6 used .mov extensions. I assume the Zi8 will as well. I consider that a plus for Mac users. The Flip uses .avi which isn’t as compatible with iMovie and other video editing software.

I don’t see these compact camcorders going anywhere for awhile. Kodak seems to know that smartphones have recording capabilities but are limited. They have to add things that smartphones don’t have. The Zi6 had a macro switch for recording close-ups. The Zi8 has mic input and image stabilization.

]]> By: Tim Jones http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/review-kodak-zi8/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Tim Jones Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:53:49 +0000 http://www.multimedia-pcs.com/?p=1243#comment-1093 I don't see how the internal memory is a con. That's one of the things I hate about the Flip. SD cards are so cheap and I could even use one card for Disney travel, one for affiliate marketing stuff, and so on -- no mixing, unlimited storage possibilities -- what's the downside of using SD cards instead of internal memory? With the increasing quality of compact camera's video capabilities, I wonder if these "compact," video-only cameras will have staying power. Will be interesting to watch. I don’t see how the internal memory is a con. That’s one of the things I hate about the Flip. SD cards are so cheap and I could even use one card for Disney travel, one for affiliate marketing stuff, and so on — no mixing, unlimited storage possibilities — what’s the downside of using SD cards instead of internal memory?

With the increasing quality of compact camera’s video capabilities, I wonder if these “compact,” video-only cameras will have staying power. Will be interesting to watch.

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