Jul 07 2008
Shot With a Flip
At eBay Live last month, Cindy Shebley asked people for their favorite marketing tip. She recorded the 30-60 second answers with a Flip Ultra. The first video in the “Marketing Minute Series” is now available.
eBay Marketing Minute Janieruth’s Fabulous To Funky Finds from clovercity on Vimeo.
I think the picture quality from the Flip is excellent. The sound is pretty good, too, all things considered. The Flip doesn’t have a mic jack, so you are limited to the onboard microphone. But the voices are easy to hear, even with all the background noise of a busy convention in a cavernous space.
Another thing to note – people tend to freeze up when you stick a camcorder in their face. The Flip is much less intimidating. The videographer and the subject can still talk, face to face, keeping the interview more relaxed and natural, even while getting a nice, tight close up.
Of course, you can carry the Flip with you no matter where you go or what you are doing. Whenever an opportunity to shoot arises, you can just pull the Flip out of your pocket and start rolling. It’s a great tool for these spontaneous, slice of life situations.
Last observation – these Marketing Minute clips were edited in Sony Vegas Movie Studio. The Flip’s AVI videos will work with almost any video editing software, once you install the Flip’s codec.
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