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Playing with a new camera

February 2nd, 2009 No comments
A great point and shoot camera

A great point and shoot camera

I bought a Kodak Zi6 recently. It’s a no-frills HD video camera that only costs $150. The camera takes 720p video, has a 2.4 inch view screen and a SD memory card slot to store your videos on. It uses 2 AA batteries for power and stores the videos as QuickTime movie files.

The camera’s biggest draw is that it’s point and shoot. It’s one of a new category of video cameras pioneered by Flip.

The camera also has a few drawbacks, like most of the point and shoot category, that are important to know going in. First, there is no optical zoom. The camera does offer a 2x digital zoom but it degrades the quality, so it’s best to avoid. Second, there is no image stabilization. This means that if you don’t use a tripod then your video is going to look a little shaky. The popularity of this category of video camera has resulted in Apple adding software stabilization to the latest version of it’s iMovie software.

Here’s a link to a sample of the video in HD.

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TigerMan Shows Off

January 7th, 2009 No comments


I just got a new video camera and who better to test it out on than the dog. So, here is TigerMan showing off the vast majority of his known tricks.

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Pony Up

August 28th, 2007 No comments

SMU’s new advertising campaign includes two TV commercials promoting the upcoming football season.

Here is one of the commercials.

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First YouTube Post: iRack

July 29th, 2007 No comments

Someone mentioned this video to me yesterday, so being somewhat of an Apple fan, I thought I would pass it along.

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