Wes - Zoom vs Flip - What's better?

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Saw your vid. Nice. Of course, I Hank did spice it up a bit.

Wanted to get your take on that Zoom vs a Flip. I just got my wife a hi-def version for Christmas. Fantastic video quality and the stabilization is just as good. The only thing missing still is a real zoom lens. I'd like to hear your take please.
 
Rick, with you being a musician this might sway your decision. I had the Flip HD for over a year and shot tons of video blogs with it plus a lot of club and concert footage. While the video was quite acceptable, the audio left much to be desired. It was too quick to compress or distort under high spl. The Zoom Q3HD has just as good of video as the Flip, but the audio is WAY better. Actually the Zoom can do 1080p, while the Flip can only do 720. The audio on the Zoom is VERY high quality! Better than CD quality. I haven't used the Zoom for a dj blog yet, but I will be doing two next weekend. I will be recording Grace Potter in concert next Wed. I have a lot of videos I took of her last year with my Flip, so I will be able to do a direct comparison. FYI, my YouTube videos are under user 'wlflint'. If you would like to see a lot of concert and club videos taken with the Flip, go there to check them out. The Zoom videos will be added from this point on. The Flip is officially retired.

Edit to include: Neither have optical zoom. Both are digital. I think the Zoom Q3HD does the better job with it. I have noticed the zoom controls are too close to the start and stop record button. I have more than once accidentally stopped recording while trying to zoom.
 
Sorry about that, it is also on my fan page. I think you should be able view it on there.
 
I bought the Kodak camera because it has an external microphone connector. I used it to record the DJEP seminars in Vegas. For such an inexpensive device the video quality was amazing. I couldn't believe the amount of light it lets in! The camera quality is OK. A bit disappointed with the camera shots that I took.

The refurb is $79!!!! Here's the link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...170312&cm_re=kodak_zi8-_-30-170-312-_-Product
 
DJEP Troy said:
I bought the Kodak camera because it has an external microphone connector. I used it to record the DJEP seminars in Vegas. For such an inexpensive device the video quality was amazing. I couldn't believe the amount of light it lets in! The camera quality is OK. A bit disappointed with the camera shots that I took.

The refurb is $79!!!! Here's the link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...170312&cm_re=kodak_zi8-_-30-170-312-_-Product
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Not sure if mine has the external Mic connector. I will have to look. It would be a nice feature.
 
DJ Wes said:
Rick, with you being a musician this might sway your decision. I had the Flip HD for over a year and shot tons of video blogs with it plus a lot of club and concert footage. While the video was quite acceptable, the audio left much to be desired. It was too quick to compress or distort under high spl. The Zoom Q3HD has just as good of video as the Flip, but the audio is WAY better. Actually the Zoom can do 1080p, while the Flip can only do 720. The audio on the Zoom is VERY high quality! Better than CD quality. I haven't used the Zoom for a dj blog yet, but I will be doing two next weekend. I will be recording Grace Potter in concert next Wed. I have a lot of videos I took of her last year with my Flip, so I will be able to do a direct comparison. FYI, my YouTube videos are under user 'wlflint'. If you would like to see a lot of concert and club videos taken with the Flip, go there to check them out. The Zoom videos will be added from this point on. The Flip is officially retired.

Edit to include: Neither have optical zoom. Both are digital. I think the Zoom Q3HD does the better job with it. I have noticed the zoom controls are too close to the start and stop record button. I have more than once accidentally stopped recording while trying to zoom.
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Great info, Wes. I'd looked at one of those several months back to use as an audio recorder. I'll be interested to see/hear your gig log on it.
 
I need to not be standing right next to the speakers. I think the sound will be better. Maybe use the tripod it came with and just get a shot of the area too because I move around too much.
 
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