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• C. MacPhail

  April 25th, 2012 at 3:28 am

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  Full HD Video; Tiny; Easy to Use; No Missed Shots, March 24, 2011

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  C. MacPhail (Solana Beach, CA USA) –
  
    
  
    
  
    

  This review is from: Kodak PlayFull HD Video Camera – BlueSilver (Electronics)

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  You might give it 2-stars or 5-stars. No matter what you compare it to, this thing is better and worse.

  Compare it to a smart-phone that has a good still+video camera and it’s always with you, or an iPod Touch that shoots video at 720p and does 1000 other things. Compare it to a real camera that has a flash, shooting options, protected lens, etc.

  These PROs and CONSs may help you decide if it’s for you.

  PROs:

  * True HD video 1920 x 1080p
  * Also has 720p @ 60 frames per second
  * 5 megapixel stills (wide frame – 3072 x 1728)
  * Small and Light – (3.95″ x 1.6″ x .7″) – amazing!
  * Very easy to use
  * Clean, simple interface. (Note 1)
  * Ergonomic. Easy one handed operation.
  - Boot-to-Shoot is under 2 seconds. Few missed shots.
  - Easily clip out bad footage from video
  - Easily grab 2-megapixel stills from video
  - HDMI output directly to HDTV
  - Can mount to a tripod
  - Stands on edge (any table is a tripod)
  - Removable/upgradable memory (unlike iPhone or iPod Touch) (up to 32 GB SDHC) (but not included with camera)
  - Not part of your phone. You can loan it, use it while your phone is in use, it doesn’t wear down your phone battery.
  - Built-in USB male connector (nice! See notes with uploaded photo)
  - Charge from wall or computer USB
  - Share utilities – easier than with most cameras, but much harder than from a smart-phone.

  CONs:

  * No flash (but it does pretty well in low light)
  * Fixed focus, no auto focus
  * Very few photographic options or settings, no optical zoom, etc.
  * Display is small, low res. (1.5″ diag. – see Note 2)
  - The Kodak Share software is icky. Skip it, use explorer. (see Note 3)
  - Battery is not user replaceable
  - You won’t always have it with you (vs a smart-phone)

  Note 1: It’s not iPhone elegant, but the interface makes a lot of sense. Simple, very few layers, all the right buttons. Easy to learn, hard to forget. Few missed shots.

  Note 2: The screen displays images in a 1.2″ x .67″ space with information bands above and below. Small, but adequate for evaluation and editing. The whole screen looks to be about 180 x 135 pixels. Zooms (2x, 4x, 8x) use the whole screen.

  Note 3: I found the Kodak Share Button software lame and annoying at every turn. I only used it to auto upload pics & vids to my PC. It changes the date/time stamps (created, modified, etc.) of every file to when you UPLOADED it. You can’t pick a default location for videos separate from pics. Etc., etc., etc. Better to move files manually with Windows Explorer.

  26-page User Manual (posted at Kodak’s site) has more specs and info.

  Summary: Full HD video; small, easy-to-use package; no missed shots; affordable. Probably 5-stars if these are your buttons.

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• John VI

  April 25th, 2012 at 3:01 am

  61 of 64 people found the following review helpful

  
  Good Small Camera-For the grab and go video shot, March 15, 2011

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  John VI –

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  This review is from: Kodak PlayFull HD Video Camera – BlueBlack (Electronics)

  For a basic 1080 HD digital Hand-held cam, I think its better than the flip. It accepts up to 32gig SD cards, perhaps more since it has the high capacity support. It’s smaller than the flip, and its more easily portable as well.

  I did have the Sanyo VPC-CG102, the resolution on playback was grainy, in addition the layout on that unit is very bad. Not easy and doesn’t fit in your hand in a way you would want to hold for an hour taking video.. NO GO

  I had the Kodak ZI8, great unit, and is the best $100 device small form factor there is. But, not the latest and greatest

  I had the Panasonic TA-1, great size, but video was Baaaad. The quality looked very bad for me, plus no 60fps 720 setting. Not good

  After going through all this I knew Kodak, from my earlier ZI8 I happened to loose somewhere, took high quality video, so I went with this new Playful. CES2011 gave some positive remarks on it, worth a shot.

  So far, so good. I have taken several 720 60fps and 18080 videos, all seem to sync with your setting. 1080 does look to be the smoothest and best quality video. I like the construction, outside feels solid, the side access doors do seem a little flimsy, but the connectors that go into the device are rubber, so much better than plastic in terms of longevity.

  Zoom is okay, but will kill the overall resolution. Has a very good lens aperture, when you hold it, even directly in front of you your getting a great angle of view.

  Quality 4 out of 5
  Video quality 4.5 out of 5
  sound 4 out of 5

  Overall Purchase 4.5 out of 5

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