...if you're buying it for yourself as your primary camera, spend a little more and get something different.
Introduction
Flip, a small startup based in San Francisco has their second video camera offering in the new Flip Mino, replacing the previous ever-popular Flip Camcorder which has sold more than 1 million units since launch.
Features and Design
The Flip Mino is a tiny little 2GB camcorder measuring up at just 4-inches tall and 2-inches wide inches and a mere 3.3 ounces living up to the buzz word “portable camera”. The Mino has a USB jack on the top that hides inside the unit until released by the touch of a tab.. The right hand side has a mini-headphone to RCA output jack allowing easy access directly to your TV with the supplied cables for those of you in too much of a hurry to download your clips to a PC. The right side has the power button and the bottom of the Mino actually has a full size tripod mount. Just the thought of putting the Mino on a tripod was funny to us as its purpose is a very simple point and shoot –vs- point, steady, lights, sound, background and action don’t seem to be in the cards. On the inside is a built in 2GB of memory allowing for up to 60 minutes of Mino filming goodness.
The face of the Mino has a no-glare 1.5-inch screen, 4 buttons surrounding the red “go” button. A playback and delete button is also located on the front. There is a nice glossy black finish with a clean silver trim. The Mino is available in both black and white models.
The Flip Mino
by Debi on November 22, 2009:
“I purchased a custom designed HD Flip and it is beautiful.... it is very easy to use... the zoom works .... BUT ... after struggling with it for 3 weeks, I still am unable to make the software work on either a PC, a PC laptop or a G4 Mac. Each time you open...” More...