Flip Ultra HD Test

Areas of interest and which is better, the Creative Vado HD or the Flip Ultra HD.

Design - Vado - Smaller but does not stand up without a tripod.
LCD Display - Ultra - Hands down the LCD us much brighter and more clear.
Batteries - Ultra - Has rechargeable AA pack and will use standard AA batteries.
Controls - Ultra - Almost a tie but Vado power button is hard to push.
Lens - Vado - For it's wide angle lens
Low Light - Vado - Both kinda suck but the Vado has less noise. However, the Ultra has more gain.
Indoors - Tie - Both are very similar indoors with decent light.
Outdoors - Ultra - The Flip has better color and sharper video.
Colors - Ultra - More realistic colors. To me, the Vado looks over processed.
Saturation - Ultra - Vado is over saturated.
Sound - Ultra - Hands down winner here. The Vado sound is low and muffled. Ultra is crisp and clear.
Mac Support - Ultra - I'm a Mac user, the Ultra is made with Mac user in mind. iMovie imports the .MP4 files directly. The Vado .AVI files require conversion before they can be imported into iMovie.

At the end of the day, for me the Flip Ultra HD is a better buy. It's a bit more expensive, a bit larger, and does not have the wide angle lens. However, it's better video quality, far superior sound quality and the fact that it is Mac friendly totally make up for that.

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[Sullication]

Where on earth do you live!? That lawn is quite impressive. Best I've ever seen

[letmeplaymystrat]

@Sullication Thanks, I appreciate that. I live in South Louisiana.

[SkylerSoFluffy]

What editting software do u use an how much is this?

[letmeplaymystrat]

@SkylerSoFluffy I think this was done with iMovie. Can't remember if I used the Mac or PC. If it was PC, then it was done with Pinnacle Studio.

[AnythingLoud]

Learn to render correctly so it doesnt look like crap in this video. I have the same camera.

[letmeplaymystrat]

@AnythingLoud Thank you for the very informative and constructive criticism. I'll jump right on that.

[monkeyman822]

@MakeupByTati it cant focus at all, however if you put a magnifying glass infront of the lense then it focuses in :)

[falconkitty]

@freejdj not very long around 1-5 minutes depending on your computer

[BrittanyAmber728]

Does it focus good?

[MakeupByTati]

Does it focus on small words well? like on product writing?

[freejdj]

how long would it take to upload a 4 min video from a flip ultra hd 3rd generation? (please reply) anyone?

[Folcation]

@TheBigupz idiot

[Sullication]

@letmeplaymystrat No problem, and I just went out and got an ultra hd flip myself xD