Kodak Zi8 Review

The Kodak Zi8 brought a whole new meaning to, “HD Handheld Video Camera.”  I’m sure many of you have heard of the Flip Mino series.  Well, I believe that Kodak was inspired by them and had to go above and beyond what Flip was doing.  I feel that in a few more years, Kodak will be the leading brand for hand held video camera’s.  After reviewing the Kodak Zi8 and the Flip Mino’s side by side, the Kodak won my vote. 

As many of you noticed, I have recently purchased the Kodak Zi8.  The Kodak Zi8 offers an amazing, crystal clear HD video with crystal clear audio.  This camera can produce 720p in 30fps, 720p in 60fps, or 1080p!  Now, what other brand of hand held video camera can produce a 1080 HD quality video for under $200?  Certainly not the Flip HD Ultra/Mini. 

Since you know what the camera can produce in quality, let me tell you some of the features.  Like I said, the video quality is outstanding.  Instead of having built in memory, you have an external memory card slot which can hold up to 32GB of video memory.  Now for capturing video, 32GB is a lot of storage for a portable camera. 

With the Kodak Zi8, you don’t only have to use the microphone on the device.  You can plug in an external microphone for people to have higher quality in audio.  Again, the Flip models do NOT have this option.  I think that is a huge winner for many people doing interviews of some sort.

Now yes, the rest of the features on the camera are very similar to the Flip models.  You have a pop out USB port to hook up to the computer, so this means that wires will never get tangled with this device.  It will always be simple and clean. 

I’m not so sure what else I should say about this product besides it’s simply amazing.  If you are stuck between the Flip Series or the Kodak Zi8, I highly recommend purchasing the Zi8.  I know you won’t be upset at all with this product.  I rate it 5/5.  Yes, that’s right; it’s perfect!