Flip Mino Cam Views

General Goods

The Flip Mino HD Video Camera is a small cell-phone sized camera that shoots video in high definition, records to a 4 GB built-in memory, comes in an unlimited number of colors and designs, and outputs to your computer for easy email and Internet sharing. But the question is: Is the Flip Mino HD Video Camera really any good

I purchased the Flip Mino HD (60 minute version) over a year ago and have used it for the last 15 months to document my travels (9 months in Europe) and a number of local events and activities (+ 6 months at home). In that time, I have discovered both the benefits and the drawbacks of this tiny HD camera and Il’d like to share my findings with you today.

I bought the Flip Mino HD because I was going to Europe and wanted to have a camera that was small, lightweight, durable, capable of shooting in high-definition, and was easy to edit and upload to the Internet. In many ways, the camera has held up to all of these expectations d– except for one (which Id’ll talk about in a moment).

The lens on the Flip Mino HD is a fixed lens, meaning that there really isnc’t much to it. The lens is set to keep just about everything in focus and there is no way to adjust the focus after purchasing the camera. I found this out the hard way after the first camera I ordered was delivered with a broken, out of focus, lens. I was able to send the camera back and get a new one delivered to me at no cost, but it still gave me something worry about right from the get-go. That said, the camera I now have (the one with the working lens) has never had any problems with a shifting focus. Overall, however, the lens is weak and Ir’d love to see something with a few more options to it in future camera models.