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 Amazing machine May 26, 2009
Edward T. Smith (Washington, D.C.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bit the bullet and bought this fairly impulsively after reading a few reviews and one endorsement from a colleague. What a great decision! Am amazed by the quality of the picture and the ease of function. Back to simplicity - Flip learned the Apple lesson. I always want to shoot movies of my two toddlers, but it's too much hassle to get the regular DVC camera, make sure it has a tape in, make sure it's charged, etc. etc. Then, it's so big relatively speaking, that it's too obvious to the kids, so they start focusing on the camera and stop doing whatever they're doing. So I end up not filming very much because by the time I get it set up, they're not doing whatever was so cute.
Enter Flip. This machine fits in your pocket and is easy to charge on a laptop (I have not bought the AC charger, but may do that soon) and you can just point and shoot immediately for beautiful HD quality film. I haven't downloaded anything yet, but I have no doubt it's a piece of cake. It also tells you how much time you have left, also very useful.
Only drawback is the near-absence of zoom (only x2, practically imperceptible). All in all, a fantastic product and only half the price, with twice the recording capacity (in HD!) of a regular DVC camera.
It's portable, it's cheap, it's good looking, it's incredibly light, it takes beautiful film, extremely easy to operate (truly idiot-proof), easy to download and charge - What's not to like??
I'm sure it will evolve and subsequent generations will only get better.
One slight downside: the USB plug forces you to dangle it from a USB connector on a computer - sometimes it can be supported, sometimes not - I worry about the weight of the camera (such as it is) all on the usb plug.
 Sweet Easy Nice Recorder May 26, 2009
A. C. Williamson (Prosper, TX)
Really nice recorder: Easy simple - No brainer - I own Sanyo Xactis and they are good cameras and simple, but also take pic's...this Ultra HD Flip really rocks for simplicity...the only thing the FlipUltra lacks is a great holster and it can be found at: [...]
The Leanest Cam on Earth May 25, 2009
Tarek Al-Duaij (KUWAIT)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
My next review will be a video review. For now I will just share my preliminary thoughts on this little work of art.
Just received it recently, used it just once, realized my laptop's processor was not powerful enough so bought a matching laptop. What I mean by matching - the leanest laptop on Earth for the leanest cam on Earth.
Of course, the Mac.
Why lean? Buy one and see.
Ps. I mean the cam :p
Not perfect, but for the $, and for my purposes, it's fantastic May 24, 2009
Steven D. Ward (Seoul, South Korea)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yes, image stabilization, expandable memory, a thinner profile, and snapshot ability would be nice. That being said, I live overseas and in the past year have found myself in a couple different incidents where it would have been VERY helpful to have been able to record someone vandalizing my property and threatening me. Being a foreigner, the police then totally dismissed my side of the story.
Finding something with the ability to record high-quality audio and video without fumbling around a microscopic control interface, has since been a mission of mine and I finally found it with the UltraHD. For my purposes, the UltraHD is vastly superior to any other video recording device on the market because the design of it makes it easy to either a) disguise the fact that you're recording video (Easy to turn off the record light in the set-up menu and use the camera inconspicuously-harder with a traditionally designed video camera), or b) Make it obvious you're recording (by the way you hold it, plus using the record light).
Depending on the situation, either one could be useful and combined with the remarkably simple operation of the camera and quick start-up, this is clearly the camera I've been looking for and I won't ever leave the house without it.
Simple and fun to use! May 23, 2009
Donna Smith (Champaign, IL USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have hesitated to buy a video camera, since I thought they were all too bulky and too technologically complex for me. I wanted to be able to film the grandkids and this fits the bill perfectly!It is easy to understand and use, and the accompanying software is intuitive and worked fine for me. I am not filming for Hollywood, so the quality of this is fine for the uses I intend. Good value for the buck. I recommend it!
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