The Digital Pocket Video Camera Is All Grown Up

The distribution of the digital pocket video camera has gone a long way, to make video recording a breeze. Camera buffs have gone crazy for this little gadget with a lot of potential. The primary generation of pocket video cameras, Flip cameras, were the perfect answer to a lot of people’s dreams.

Nevertheless, for the style conscious, they were somewhat disappointing, when compared to the wafer thin digital cameras, and suave iPods around: Tending to be on the bulky side, and making them a touch too big, to comfortably slip in your pocket. Despite this, Pure Digital has gone all out to introduce us to the greatness of the pocket video camera. Wowing consumers, by producing a HD video pocket camera for under $200.

Superior Quality

Recently Kodak released the Zi8, which offers superior quality, and unlike Flip pocket camcorders, it also doubles up as a 5 mega pixel, 16:9 widescreen HD, single shot camera. Both the Flip Pocket camcorders have 720p resolution, which is the lowest level for HD video cameras.

The new Kodak Zi8 gives a 1080p resolution, which is the top end of HD video. It also has a selection of video mode settings, including “standard mode”. Ideal for capturing friends, family and funnies, for loading up to YouTube, or Facebook. In standard mode, you can ram tonnes more into the memory, which is a useful option to have. With its SD/SDHC expandable memory (up to 32GB), the Kodak Zi8 can record up to 10 hours of HD video.

Staying Focused

The Kodak Zi8 has two 720p video modes, providing 30fps and 60fps settings. The faster fps mode is great for capturing moving objects, in addition to the built in image stabilization. One thing is for sure, with the Kodak Zi8, you will stay focused, even at those times when you, or your subject, is on the move.

The Kodak Zi8 has many useful features, which help you to produce better movies. The “Smart Face” tracking detects when a face is close up and adjusts automatically, to ensure the lighting is set correctly. The Kodak also provides a x4 zoom, which is twice that of the Flip Mino.

Sharing

Although the Kodak Zi8 has a handy 2.5 inch LCD viewing screen, that is no way to enjoy your HD video! The Zi8 has a pop up USB connector, which makes uploading video and pictures to your PC a breeze. A HDMI jack is also provided, making it just as easy to watch your video on the big screen.

Another top thing about the Zi8? Apart from the internal microphone, it also has an external microphone jack, which means it is possible to record in stereo. Be the director, share images, edit and upload. It’s just too easy with a Kodak Zi8!