A Review Of The World's Simplest - Flip Ultra HD Camcorder
With weight and size taken into account this camera can film some really great looking videos. The colour display is vibrant, even with only a two inch screen. It has fantastic sound recording and playback, and inbuilt speakers that are very loud and clear. The Ultra HD also has a HDMI port and can suport two AA batteries, unlike all the other Flip cameras.There are some problems with this camera -
The base of the camera is unevenly shaped. Because the base isn"t entirely flat when placed on a flat surface it may wobble. This is something to be aware of when using the camera. Though it is to be noted that the camera has not yet fallen when I"ve been using it.
Low light situations cause the video quality to degrade. It becomes very grainy. The image stabalization appears to be non-exsistant, so hold the camera very steady to record high quality videos.
The camera display has no information on how much power the rechargable battery has left until just before it runs out. Once all the power has left the battery it takes up to 7 hours to fully recharge.
Also there is no way to fast forward or rewind while you"re watching a video clip on the camera.
I"d hope that lots of these issues will be updated in the next release of the Flip camera. Is it better to wait for the new version, or to try this one? It really depends on what you need. If you want instant recording of what is going on at any moment, this is a great, easy to use, point and shoot camera. However if you are looking for high quality movie recording, then you would be better to go with a different camera.
The Flip UltraHD is fun to use, easy to carry, quick to point and shoot and downloads to send easily.