Camera for flex vids

What is a good little camera for doing flex vids? What have you used or what do you use? I'm about to buy one very soon.

Theres a Canon camera that's good for flex vids. The Zi8 was popular. 60 fps on 720hd. Twistedchild420 used one for a while. They quit making that one. Current model is playtouch or touchpro something like that. Can be had for about $100-150 on Amazon. I've had my eyes on them for a while. Otherwise twisteds new camera seems badass. If you haven't seen his vids search that name on YouTube. He's hilarious.

Thanks, yeah I have seen a couple of his vids. I'm impatient so I picked one up already. Got a used Kodak Zi8 for $65 with some extras. Hopefully I will have something to test it on soon.

Gah I'm super jealous!!! Where did you find that deal???

Haha, good old craigslist. Came with a pretty pink and black carry bag too.

RRR37 wrote:Haha, good old craigslist. Came with a pretty pink and black carry bag too.

you better rock that pink and black carrying case every meet and show you go too!! but test it out as soon as you can.. I need to get a cam to take pics/take videos in all high quality... my black berry just isn't cutting it lol

You know he will, cuz that's totally Ryan's style haha

Well I have an upgrade in may, and ill probably get an iphone and the camera and video camera on the 4s is pretty damn good.. Should do me good until I can get a camera that's top quality.. Take some vids ryan and let's see that baby in action

stephen_og wrote:Well I have an upgrade in may, and ill probably get an iphone and the camera and video camera on the 4s is pretty damn good.. Should do me good until I can get a camera that's top quality.. Take some vids ryan and let's see that baby in action

I don't have any system in at the moment. I will once I get something built. I have 720p on my mytouch 4g but the frame rate must suck cause I don't like the vids. Plus it doesn't have stabilization like the Zi8

Oh shit that's right haha completely forgot you pulled it to start the crossfire build.. We I know the camera on the iphone 4 and probably the 4s have the frame rate to pick up flex cause hectors picked up aarons hoe's flex just fine.. What's the frame rate on the Zi8

I believe its 60fps @720p and 30fps @ 1080p. Usually it looks more like jello with a slow frame rate if I remember right. We can do a comparison though sometime after you get the iPhone 4

Not sure if its relevant, but Kodak just filed for bankruptcy.

If 60fps is a good speed, then I gotta go try my GoPro in an abandoned parking lot.

ya my Iphone 4 takes decent footage but i would like to get an ACTUAL camera though haha. I dont know what's good camera but i will take a look at what you guys have been talking about.

From the reviews I read, the go pro HD, flip HD, iPhone 4, and Zi8 are all very close in picture quality.
go pro- pros: good film quality, very rugged. Cons: no preview, harder to use, no external mic.

Flip hd-pros: Good looks, easy to use, can take regular batteries, good film quality. Cons: small internal memory, if damaged you lose your footage, no external mic.

Iphone 4- Pros: convenient, good film quality, easy to share vids. Cons: internal memory, sometimes it can be inconvenient to have all in one if you need your phone to be a phone,
no external mic

Kodak Zi8 - pros: good film quality, external mic, easy to learn, up to 32gb sdhc. Cons: still pictures suck, battery life is kinda short

This is just off the top of my head from reviews I read. I'm sure any of these would take good vids. The go pro is a little more expensive than the Kodak and flip HD if I remember right, And the iPhone is the most expensive, but if you already use one, at least you know its about as good as these.
As mentioned Kodak is out of business so the Zi8 is only available used or online, but I found one with 3 batteries, HDMI cable, SD card, bag and regular plugins for only $65 on CL so they can be a good deal IMO.

RRR37 wrote:From the reviews I read, the go pro HD, flip HD, iPhone 4, and Zi8 are all very close in picture quality.
go pro- pros: good film quality, very rugged. Cons: no preview, harder to use, no external mic.

The GoPro 2 has an external mic plug-in!!! I can't wait to get one

MPV TT wrote:

RRR37 wrote:From the reviews I read, the go pro HD, flip HD, iPhone 4, and Zi8 are all very close in picture quality.
go pro- pros: good film quality, very rugged. Cons: no preview, harder to use, no external mic.

The GoPro 2 has an external mic plug-in!!! I can't wait to get one

that's good, are they gonna put a preview screen on it?

RRR37 wrote:
that's good, are they gonna put a preview screen on it?

It's an add on that already exists

http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/lcd-bacpac/

Looks nice. Kind of expensive for what I need it for though. Great for ski vids, mountain biking, or things like that. I read that these can really take a beating.