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02.11.09
What Is The Best Pocket Camera?
 By Robert Scoble
So, back when I got a Flip Mino HD video camera Chris Pirillo gave me a bunch of heck and said I bought the wrong camera. He reviewed the Flip against the Kodak Zi6 and the Creative Vado HD. He said the Creative Vado HD is the best. His videos sure seem to prove that, don't they.
But after using all three for a week I totally disagree.
First, the Creative Vado HD videos won't play on my Mac and can't be edited by my new iMovie 09. HUGE problem. That alone disqualifies it from being best. But it also has a goofy USB dongle that just doesn't feel well designed and a protuding lens that just doesn't feel nice in your pocket. Now, I do agree that the Vado has the best video quality of the three but in talking to many people about the three cameras it isn't enough better to make it worth dealing with, especially since these kinds of gadgets will appeal to a Mac-centric audience.
And how about the Kodak? I like this camera, but I'm a professional who does a LOT of video. Why do I like it? It takes regular AA batteries (it comes with rechargeable ones) but sometimes I do three or four interviews in a day and it's nice to know I can just pop in some extra batteries if I run out of juice. The other cameras can't do that.
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The Kodak also has a closeup lens that has already gotten some use in my hands and the audio on the Kodak is slightly better than the Flip. Finally, it's bigger than the other two cameras so is a bit easier to hold steady. Which gets me to why I like the Flip the best:
The Flip is the best because it is the best designed and smallest. It is in talking with my friends the most likely to end up in their pocket. A camera carried is a camera that is used and a camera that is used, even if it has slightly lower quality that some other camera, is one that's better.
The Flip Mino HD is the best of the bunch for most people and you can now ignore Chris Pirillo.
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Robert Scoble is the founder of the Scobleizer blog. He works as PodTech.net's Vice President of Media Development. Go to Scobleizer ...
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