In this episode of The Paulymath Show I review the Kodak Zi8 HD camera.
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Summary: The Kodak Zi8 is an inexpensive HD pocket camera that packs a lot of punch. Although there are many HD cameras entering the market now from the Flip video cameras to HD cell phone cams, the Kodak Zi8 stands above the rest with a few key features:
(1) It has an external Microphone Input jack which allows you to get crystal clear sound by using an external microphone with your videos. The Flip video cameras and cell phones don't usually have that ability.
(2) The Zi8 records in 1080p, 720p/60, 720/30 and 480p. The 720p/60 mode allows you to record your videos at 60 frames per second which is a nice feature especially if you're going to be doing any green screen videos or videos that require a high frame right such as sports videos etc.
(3) At around the $100-$150 price range the Kodak is one of the highest quality low priced cameras on the market. It does not come with built in memory though so you will need to pick up a memory card for it.
(4) The Kodak Zi8 has built in compression so when it outputs the video to your computer, the video is already compressed and encoded in MOV format at around 3,500kbps. This is a high enough bitrate for Internet videos, and doesn't eat up hard drive space like cameras that output in RAW format.
I absolutely love this camera and highly recommend it even today as of April 2011. There is nothing else on the market at that price level that even comes close to comparing to the Kodak Zi8.
The only downside I have found with it so far is that in order to access the USB plug at the bottom of the camera you have to unscrew the tripod mount if you're using the camera on a tripod. Outside of that I highly recommend it.
-Paul
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