Almost inevitably, while I was sat on a train crawling its way into London in this morning's snow, the one meeting I had today was cancelled. Bah.
However, I decided to take the opportunity afforded by the weather and give my new Kodak Zi8 a bit more of a workout in the snowy conditions. Here's the result:
Shot at 720p at 60fps.
The camera has, as one might expect, somewhat underexposed the footage, but that's pretty common with snowy situations. I could have fixed most of that in iMovie, but I decided not to, for testing purposes. The camera shake isn't too bad, given that the footage is hand-held in cold conditions, and could be stabilised even more in iMovie, if I'd wanted.
That all said, I'm reasonably pleased with the results. It's that bit more complex than the Flip HD models, and that does slow you down on occasions, but the results are usually worth it.
I need to give it a test run with an external microphone next.
I'm a big fan of the Kodak mini-cams, we've got a ZX1, which was a stop-gap model between the Zi6 & new Zi8.
I do kinda realise that the next generation of iPhone will probably supercede it as a device (HD vid is surely going to be an upgrade), but for now, I'm loving it :)
If you want to check out the Zi8 with an attached mike, I did a review of it here:
http://craig-mcgill.com/2010/01/kodak-zi8-review-a-videocamera-for-parents/
I've also used it for some business purposes and I'll ping that link up to you when I've uploaded.
Nice video.
Re: Snow/Ice. We got stuck for hours on the M4 towards Oxford from Wiltshire.
I'm enjoying your Blog Adam!
Joe
I just ordered one of these from an eBay seller and I can't wait to put it through it's paces.
It would be nice if Amazon would ship electronics to Cape Town, but I'm just glad I could find a way around that little hiccup.