The pocket size camcorder market was invented a couple of years back when Flip Video created their revolutionary Flip Mino pocket video camera.
Flip Video’s innovation was to roll available technology (digital video, SD flash cards and USB connectors) into an attractive point and shoot camcorder with a fixed lens. It was no bigger than a cell phone.
Wind forward to today and there are now numerous pocket camcorder models available. Here’s just some of the ways people are using pocket camcorders at home, work and play.
Pocket Size Camcorder Video Memories
You can preserve family memories as video movies not still photographs:
* Baby’s first steps
* Learning to ride a bike
* Sports day
As a pocket camcorder is so small and light weight you can take it everywhere and use it anytime. Most models also double as still digital cameras with a resolution of around 8 mega pixels or better. And many (but not all) have a built in flash.
There’s no need to wait for family gathering to share a video. You can post your video, for private viewing, at a video sharing site, like Vimeo or YouTube. Of course, you can also make your movie public to the world for those fifteen minutes of fame.
Making A Pocket Video Camera Work For You
Since these pocket size camcorder are light in weight and easy to use, why not jazz up work presentations or a dull corporate website with video clips. You might:
* Relieve PowerPoint boredom with a video clip
* Record a brain storming session for future reference
* Record a testimonial
* Make video resume
A pocket camcorder is ideal for vacation video snapping
Being small and feather light, a pocket camcorder is ideal for stowing in hand luggage to make a living record of your holiday. Now, there are even pocket video cameras that can go underwater.
Shoot a few video clips and you have postcards that move and talk. Use the video editing software bundled with many pocket size camcorders to make video movies.
What’s the best pocket camcorder?
Here’s what to look for in a camcorder with pocket ability:
* Optical zoom (it’s smoother than digital)
* Shoot high definition video at the full 1080p standard
* Still camera facility at 5MP or better with flash
* AVI & HDMI cables for ordinary & HD-ready TV
The Flip video range is still number one for ease of use and seamless integration with both Windows and Mac PCs. But the Flip Mino HD and Flip Ultra HD are strictly point and shoot video cameras, they don’t have all the desirable capabilities listed above.
The pocket size camcorder market now has offerings from Aiptek, Creative, JVC, Kodak, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and Veho. Consider the pocket video cameras offered by Aiptek, Toshiba and Veho. They may not have the street credibility of Flip, but they do offer superior pocket camcorders at around half the cost of a Flip video camera
In conclusion a pocket camcorders deliver:
* A feather weight, simple to operate video camera
* You can take one anywhere to record video memories
* Most take still photographs, too
* Video is now easy to edit on PC or Mac
* And easy to incorporate into PowerPoint and websites
Finally, you can share pocket size camcorder video on PC, TV or at a video sharing site.
