Best Mini Video Cameras For The Money
by GearWizard on Jul.13, 2009, under Audio & Video, Camcorders
Mini Video Cameras
Mini video cameras are ideal for shooting simple YouTube videos or videos for your blog. Best of all these video cameras are often cheap and extremely easy to use.
The Pure Digital Flip Mino is one of the best mini video cameras for the money. You can find the camera at retailers for around $150, a steal for aspiring filmmakers. The Mino is around the size of an iPod classic and strips all the features not absolutely essential to the shooting experience. Professional filmmakers will definitely hate the lack of a light, mic jack, and manual focus but it is a great camera for amateurs looking for a way to start shooting with a simple point and shoot mentality. Keep in mind that the video quality is far from great, but if you want portability the Mino is your camera. YouTube users will appreciate the direct upload to YouTube, MySpace, and AOL.The Pure Digital Flip Ultra ($130) is the Mino’s predecessor but still is an option when comparing mini cameras. The Ultra is about 40% larger when compared to the Mino, does not have direct upload to YouTube, and runs off AA batteries.
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The Creative Vado ($85) is about as cheap as they come. The Vado is identical to the Mino thanks to similar size and weight as well as a 2x digital zoom and upload direct to YouTube. The Vado does add PhotoBucket instead of MySpace and AOL. Many critics have labeled the Vado an even simpler camera meaning a five year old could probably operate it.
If you are wondering about storage, both the Vado and Mino will hold around one hour of footage. The Vado allows two hours of footage through a lower-quality setting.
All in all, experts say the super-cheap mini camcorder shoot better video than on a cell phone but a lesser quality when compared to still cameras which also shoot video.
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July 13th, 2009 on 8:27 pm
this camera is best for beginners, and for those who wants to have an easy interface from recording to transferring video to PC. nice post!
July 16th, 2009 on 4:06 am
Cool gadget, good price, but I’m sticking to taking video on my digital camera. Its mic sucks but I’d rather do that than carry around a second gadget.
July 17th, 2009 on 8:08 am
I have just started getting into photography and would alos like to go on short video production. I would like to begin with a not so expensive gadget and perhaps graduate to a more sophisticated kind as I develop my skills. This low priced mini video cameras maybe just what I need. Thanks for an inmformative post.
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