I’d hardly stepped onto my feet on Dutch soil (coming over from TC50 and DEMO) when I found myself interviewing Jeffrey W. Hayzlett, Kodak’s Chief Marketing Officer, with my brand new iPod Nano. What I didn’t know at that time was that Jeffrey had a new Kodak Zi8 pocket video camera with him and that the quality of this camera is extremely good.
The best thing about the Zi8 is probably its external mic jack, this together with its impressive screen and HD quality video is pretty remarkable, especially if you take the price into account. The Zi8 is $179, a competitive price if you ask me. The gadget is bigger than the Flip, but for me the external mic jack makes it all up.
I interviewed Mr Hayzlett at Picnic about Kodak, the transformation to the web and their new Zi8. For the record, this video was made with the iPod nano and (unfortunately) not with the Kodak Zi8.
Oh and notice the cowboy boots.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43_nD7-VII[/youtube]
Flip killer? Lolz, are you draming or what?
You know I’m going to ask for one of these for interviews and stuff right? :)
I use the predecessor to this, the Zi6, all the time. It’s great quality for such a small device and the fact it takes AA batteries and SDHC cards means I much prefer it to the ‘everything’s’ built in’ Flip where you can run out of battery or memory too easily.
I shot this video for TNW back in May with it: http://thenextweb.com/2009/05/30/build-global-sound-map-google-mapsmobile-mashup/
I use the Zi6 and I love it!
I am looking forward to getting the Zi8 and being able to use it with the Zi6 so I can do two camera shoots at local festivals and events.
I’ve noticed that all electronic stores seem to hide the Kodak Zi6 from easy view…you have to be looking for it in order to find it, and often store employees don’t even know about the Kodak Video cameras. The Flip cameras, however, seem to be “in your face” all the time.
what’s that you say Flip-user?
I already have one :)
Did you write this BEFORE or AFTER h gave you one? You slut…