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Today I got to play with our new snazzy raspberry Kodak Zi8. Its like a Flip camera, but HD and with an external mic input!

Tested it very quickly in the office today and its looking promising. It can shoot in 1080p, 720p, a lower res, and also 720p @ 60 fps. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the computer to like the 60 fps footage. Saves as H264. I’ve only tested on a mac so far which doesn’t have specific software support, so I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do with this on a PC.

Although there is no way to monitor audio through headphones, you CAN adjust audio levels! FTW.

SUPER easy to use, a total cinch.

Below is a video of me testing the different video modes with and without an external microphone (and its at a lower res than what was filmed). Hope to do more extensive tests later. Will post new developments!

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Kodak zi8 test.mp4 (19607 KB)

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A pretty amazing little piece of software right here!

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