Comments on: Kodak Zi8 Review Part 2: Audio and Macro Features in HD http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/ A Maverick Manifesto for the 21st Century Photograher Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: VLG http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2469 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:39:29 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2469 I just got a couple of Zi8′s for work, and they are great. I have a couple of Audio Technica Pro24-cm microphones that I thought would work well with the Zi8, but I found the sound quality to be lacking. Any recommendations for similar, smaller sized shotgun mics? The ones I’m interested in have a hot shoe mount, as I’m mounting the Zi8 onto a Sima video bracket with 2 hot-shoe mounts.

thanks!

]]> By: Peter http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2395 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:57:19 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2395 Ah, I see, Stephen. Thanks.

What I found last night was that I was able to get the video to Facebook and YouTube by going to each of those sites and grabbing the video from my hard drive. So that seems to be a valid workaround. It did take what seemed to me to be an infernally long time (it was a 3:34 video and took about 20 minutes to upload and process to YouTube on a cable modem; the upload/process time to Facebook was a bit quicker but not by much). Don’t know if the iLife method of exporting videos is any quicker.

Thanks, also, for letting me know that in the new iMovie there is an Export option.

Peter

]]> By: figitalrevolution http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2394 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:50:33 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2394 In the new iMovie it
Is just an export option.

]]> By: figitalrevolution http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2393 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:49:25 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2393 I am using the newer iLife so the issue you are having is new to me… Once again this is one of the main problems with constant upgrades forced down on us… Either upgrade or have compatiability issues

]]> By: Peter http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2390 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:22:22 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2390 Stephen,

I have iPhoto 6, version 6.06, on my MacBook.

I did import a video clip from the Zi8 into iPhoto, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to export it to Facebook (or any other site). I click on the video, then go to File/Export and select the Facebook tab (making sure I am logged in to Facebook), but the video is not showing up on the left-hand side of that Export Photos screen, and the Export button on the bottom right of the screen is grayed out or inactive.

When I select an individual photo, it does show up on the left-hand side of the Export Photos screen, and the Export button is blue and active.

I did some poking around on iLife, and it looks as if the next version, iLife ’09, has Facebook or Flickr sharing capabilities, but that’s a $79 upgrade.

Do I have to spend the $79 to get the videos to Facebook or Vimeo or Flickr? Now we are talking about a $330 total purchase (including an 8 GB SD card, a mini tripod, and a soft case), and for that kind of money, I wonder if it would be more cost effective to just get a higher-quality camcorder that is Mac compatible.

Thanks,

Peter

]]> By: Peter http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2388 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:27:39 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2388 One more question, Stephen, if you don’t mind one from a camcorder newbie!

I have a MacBook running OSX, so I won’t be able to use the Zi8′s editing software. But you’re saying it’s easy to use iPhoto and iMovie to transfer the videos and pictures from the camera onto the MacBook? And then is it clear how to upload the clips from the computer to Facebook and/or YouTube?

Thanks!

]]> By: Peter http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2386 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:45:03 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2386 Great! Thanks again.

]]> By: figitalrevolution http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2385 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:43:24 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2385 I use a 4gb and that
Provides several hours at 1080p.

]]> By: Peter http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2384 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:34:13 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2384 Ah, interesting. OK, thanks much.

What size SD card do you recommend people buy when buying the Zi8, and how many hours of video will that size card allow the user to record?

]]> By: figitalrevolution http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/08/26/kodak-zi8-review-part-2-audio-and-macro-features-in-hd/#comment-2383 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:30:05 +0000 http://figitalrevolution.com/?p=2715#comment-2383 Done while driving… Kinda nuts. The bottom has been no issue for me but when in doubt I use a tripod.

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