The Flip Video Camera

June 1, 2009 by  
Filed under Tech

flip-video-ultra-seriesSeveral months ago, I received the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder from their PR company.  I was making a lot of videos for my personal blog at the time and was hoping to find a hand held camcorder that would make transferring videos to my computer easier.

I got the Flip video camera for free with no promises of a positive review, or even a guaranteed mention of the Flip anywhere online.

Thus ends the disclaimer portion of today’s post.

There are several different versions of The Flip video camera.  The one I use, as I mentioned, is from the Ultra Series and it holds 30 minutes of video.  It is currently available on Amazon for about $60.

The Flip video camera is very easy to use.  You push a button to start recording and push it again to stop recording.  There is also a digital zoom feature, although the distance and clarity is pretty limited.

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