Comments on: To MinoHD or not to MinoHD http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/ Me - Stupid, Human Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sky http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/comment-page-1/#comment-11100 Sky Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:12:31 +0000 http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/#comment-11100 TOTALLY GET A FLIP MINO HD! The Flip Mino HD is fantastic. The -only- problem is that the mic is inside the camera housing and you can -not- add an external lavalier mic. In outdoor or high-noise situations the Flip has trouble with sound. Indoors, however, it is great. However, I get around that by using my iPhone as if it were a mic (I have my hapless victim hold the phone like it was a microphone) and the iTalk software from Griffin (that turns the iPhone into an audio recorder) and then I piece back the audio from the phone over the video from the Flip using GarageBand (or did I use Final Cut Express?). The synchronization is perfect - you just drop the audio track into the video, cut out the previous audio track, and it plays. See these interviews, which weren't done with a Flip but the principle is the same -> http://peace.tmpp.org/tv/x/backstage.jsp - they were done using an iPod with an iTalk (physical plug-in device) as the recorder, sitting on the table. I have totally converted to using Flip Mino HD for my interviews as of a couple of months ago. And I purchased mine from their website adding my own JPEG logo to the front of the camera (CafePress does the printing and shipping of the custom designs). I'm in love with it. The Flip Mino HD has greater resolution (1280x720p == true HD) than the iPhone (800x600). TOTALLY GET A FLIP MINO HD! The Flip Mino HD is fantastic. The -only- problem is that the mic is inside the camera housing and you can -not- add an external lavalier mic. In outdoor or high-noise situations the Flip has trouble with sound. Indoors, however, it is great.

However, I get around that by using my iPhone as if it were a mic (I have my hapless victim hold the phone like it was a microphone) and the iTalk software from Griffin (that turns the iPhone into an audio recorder) and then I piece back the audio from the phone over the video from the Flip using GarageBand (or did I use Final Cut Express?). The synchronization is perfect – you just drop the audio track into the video, cut out the previous audio track, and it plays. See these interviews, which weren’t done with a Flip but the principle is the same -> http://peace.tmpp.org/tv/x/backstage.jsp – they were done using an iPod with an iTalk (physical plug-in device) as the recorder, sitting on the table.

I have totally converted to using Flip Mino HD for my interviews as of a couple of months ago. And I purchased mine from their website adding my own JPEG logo to the front of the camera (CafePress does the printing and shipping of the custom designs). I’m in love with it.

The Flip Mino HD has greater resolution (1280×720p == true HD) than the iPhone (800×600).

]]> By: Will Rodenbusch http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/comment-page-1/#comment-11097 Will Rodenbusch Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:38:29 +0000 http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/#comment-11097 You need to hit craigslist for that thing. You need to hit craigslist for that thing.

]]> By: Brooks http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/comment-page-1/#comment-11096 Brooks Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:10:41 +0000 http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/#comment-11096 Actually, I can build the ESAG (http://home.actlab.utexas.edu/~brooks/) for a pittance... Actually, I can build the ESAG (http://home.actlab.utexas.edu/~brooks/) for a pittance…

]]> By: matt http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/comment-page-1/#comment-11094 matt Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:55:11 +0000 http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/#comment-11094 Brooks, You can't get much when it comes to post-apocolyptic weapons for $250. A good piece costs at least $800. I say get the camera and make a tight mini documentary for city focus about Round Rockers on the go. Hell, if you do that you may be able to expense the camera and the enclosure. Brooks,
You can’t get much when it comes to post-apocolyptic weapons for $250. A good piece costs at least $800. I say get the camera and make a tight mini documentary for city focus about Round Rockers on the go. Hell, if you do that you may be able to expense the camera and the enclosure.

]]> By: Brooks http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/comment-page-1/#comment-11093 Brooks Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:53:24 +0000 http://www.brooksskybennett.com/2009/03/to-minohd-or-not-to-minohd/#comment-11093 It just came to my mind that the new iPhone (that could be coming out in June) might have video capabilities... I think I am going to save my moolah and see what happens this summer. It just came to my mind that the new iPhone (that could be coming out in June) might have video capabilities… I think I am going to save my moolah and see what happens this summer.

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