How is this for a starter set-up, coming from a shitty Vivitar?

[morgan_bvrns]

A Flip Camera!

A magnetic fisheye!

How'd that be, for just some filming of lines and park riding and basement box clips and shit?

 

[brody01134]

go on b and h photo and look at the refurbished cameras they are cheap and really good.

 

[Tristan Durham]

honestly flips are overrated. But for 30$ get it. If you dont get it get a kodak playsport zx5 they have fish eyes, wide angle, and tele lens that u can get, 8hrs of nonstop video, and its waterproof and drop proof(from 5 ft) its one of the best cameras ive seen for the price that does what it says it does.And it doesnt shake like flip's do.

 

[9cdmc]

pfft dont listen to that ^
flip videos arent overated at all, there just a cheap camera that can shoot in hd, and thats why alot of people have them,that ebay listing isnt 30 bucks, thats just the current bid, it will probably end up selling around 100. and magnetic fisheyes are pretty bad. ask in this thread about this stuff cause it helped me out alot

http://scooterresource.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68528

 

[Tristan Durham]

Yes listen to it, they are overrated, and yea I know that, and actually you dont know how much itll go for. Study before you just read the key features and then think you know what you are talking about.
Im not saying flip's are horrible, and honestly they would be fine for what you are filming. But if you want your money's worth get the Zx5, or the Zx3, I think they are a bit cheaper and have a bigger sensor and other features so the video quality is a little bit better.
The only thing that flip does better is indoor footage, its darker with kodak and lighter with flip, so if your filming inside more, get flip, outside, kodak, even, kodak, thats what I would do.
This should help, the flip is just so much clearer, the only thing flip does better is indoor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9z5cSIWGa4

 

[Anton]

I had that fishsye and it would always fall off its magnet and then broke while it was in my backpack.

 

[ChrisBrown]

Don't get a flip camera. Ever.

 

[BenJelinek]

Flip camera = basically an iPhone camera.

 

[robtom123]

i have a creative vado i quite like it the only thing is that zoom isnt great on it looses a bit of quality when you zoom in and since i got a new computer it isnt working on my sony vegas but i dont know why

 

[Joe Riley]

A waste of time and money, you can pick up a cheap used Canon Vixia for around $150.

 

[connor Donnelly]

the flip hd and magnetic fisheye are good. my frinds has them and they are great, good price