What's the best video cam to bring when traveling? - Tiki Travel

T tikitonga Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 09, 2002 Posts: 175	T tikitonga Posted posted on Tue, Mar 2, 2010 2:45 PM A lot of it depends on what you want to do with the footage afterwards. If you are looking at posting the clips up on YouTube/Facebook to share with friends and family, then the FLIP is a great option as they come with basic editing software and includes a really easy upload workflow for sharing the clips. This works best if you are the type that likes to look at individual clips of special moments and not as concerned about combining them together in a long form presentation. If you are planning on getting more elaborate with the footage, like adding titles, music via an editing program like Premiere or Final Cut, then I would definitely go with one of the miniDV or even HDV camcorders. The overall quality is much better than with a FLIP camera and will give you the most flexibility. The down side is they aren't as convenient to bring everywhere while a FLIP will literally fit in your pocket. I bought a Canon GL-1 MiniDV camera about 10 years ago and use it to this day. I've always had good luck with Canon products as well as Sony. I've gone both routes (FLIP vs MiniDV) and found that I'm more likely to "repeat-view" the videos that I edited together with music and titles rather than short clips.

A lot of it depends on what you want to do with the footage afterwards. If you are looking at posting the clips up on YouTube/Facebook to share with friends and family, then the FLIP is a great option as they come with basic editing software and includes a really easy upload workflow for sharing the clips. This works best if you are the type that likes to look at individual clips of special moments and not as concerned about combining them together in a long form presentation.

If you are planning on getting more elaborate with the footage, like adding titles, music via an editing program like Premiere or Final Cut, then I would definitely go with one of the miniDV or even HDV camcorders. The overall quality is much better than with a FLIP camera and will give you the most flexibility. The down side is they aren't as convenient to bring everywhere while a FLIP will literally fit in your pocket. I bought a Canon GL-1 MiniDV camera about 10 years ago and use it to this day. I've always had good luck with Canon products as well as Sony.

I've gone both routes (FLIP vs MiniDV) and found that I'm more likely to "repeat-view" the videos that I edited together with music and titles rather than short clips.

Post #514577 by tikitonga on Tue, Mar 2, 2010 2:45 PM