Generally, the Flip MinoHD’s video is warmer (yellower) than the Zi6, which tends toward cooler blue tones. Each has advantages depending on the kind and quantity of light you have at your disposal and one has a clear edge when using the 2x digital zoom.
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There’s no such feature on the MinoHD.īut how does each camera’s video look? They both shoot 720p video using H.264 yet their results are not the same. The Zi6 includes a macro switch for taking close-ups. The Zi6 can take still shots, the MinoHD can’t. The Zi6’s display, at 2.4-inches, is larger than the MinoHD’s 1.5-inch LCD. The Zi6 allows you to shoot HD video at either 30 or 60 frames per second (it will also shoot in standard definition). The MinoHD shoots at 30 frames per second. The Zi6 includes both composite and the higher-quality component video outputs. You can connect the output of each camera to your TV, but the MinoHD includes only composite video output. The Zi6 has paltry-to-the-point-of-useless internal memory but includes an SD slot for inserting a card with a capacity as high as 32GB. The MinoHD is limited to 4GB of internal memory-60 minutes of shooting. The Zi6 uses two AA batteries, thus allowing you to swap in new batteries when you need them. When you run out of juice you have to jack its USB connector into a power source such as your computer’s powered USB port or a USB power supply such as one that comes with an iPhone or, optionally, iPod. The MinoHD has an internal, rechargeable battery. While the MinoHD is a smaller handful than the Kodak camcorder, it lacks some of the Zi6’s attractive physical features.
In terms of physical features, the Zi6 has the clear advantage. If you haven’t yet decided which way to turn in this recent pocket camcorder war, you may wonder how the MinoHD compares to the Kodak Zi6. And because you’re likely interested in how the MinoHD stacks up to the Zi6, might I suggest a look at that review as well? Bundled with the MinoHD is a new and fairly limited editing application, FlipShare.īecause the operation of the Flip MinoHD is exactly the same as the Flip Mino, allow me to refer those who are curious about its workings to my Flip Mino review. Pure Digital’s response is the $230 Flip MinoHD-a pocket camcorder with little different from the Flip Mino other than the fact that it encodes movies as H.264 files rather than in the 3ivx format and shoots in 1280-by-720 HD (720p). Scant weeks later, Kodak jumped in with its $180 Zi6 ( ), a pocket camcorder larger than the Flip models but capable of shooting 720p HD video. Not satisfied that the Ultra was slim enough, along came the $180 Flip Mino ( ), a camera smaller than the Ultra. Pure Digital Technologies got the ball rolling with its $130 Flip Video camcorder and eventually moved to the slimmer and higher-capacity $150 Flip Ultra. The pocket camcorder market is heating up.
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