Kodak Zi8 Demo Clip

This is a brief video clip shot on a Kodak Zi8 pocket digital video camcorder. It shows my 6 year old daughter on the monkey bars.

The Kodak Zi8 is a recently released model in the competitive field of simple, low-cost, small, point and shoot camcorders designed for ease of use, with no access to complicated settings or image refinement options. In a field largely dominated by the Flip series of camcorders and others like it, Kodak includes some very notable features with the Zi8 that give it a considerable edge over the competition. Most notably, 1080p video recording, a larger screen, external SDHC memory card storage (up to 32 GB - purchased separately), a switchable macro/landscape lens, HDMI output (cable included), and an external microphone input jack. Very nice.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Kodak
• Zi8
• pocket
• digital
• video
• camcorder
• Flip
• Mino
• HD
• 1080p
• SDHC
• external
• microphone
• monkey
• bars
• daughter
• HDMI
• 32GB

[jampop77]

did someone finally hack the zi8 firmware?

[lunarparcel]

@jampop77 I don't know. I do know that Kodak updated the original firmware to fix a problem with stuttered digital zoom, but I don't know of any effective hacks in the wild. There has been interest in a hack that would allow the device to become a more functional media player, as well as a reported hack that would create a faux 3D effect in the footage, but I don't know anything about the validity of these claims. I believe there are device-centric user group forums developing to discuss these.

[jampop77]

@lunarparcel im interested in a hack that will increase the bits/sec allowing it to record more than twice the stock quality! thank you for your answer!

[lunarparcel]

@jampop77 Actually, that sounds like a very admirable hack - though I haven't yet heard of one along those lines. Despite my love for this device's ability to record audio from an external mic, there's something to be desired from it's inherent audio compression scheme (even with high quality mics). There is a developing Zi8 user group at zi8zone.com. If such a hack shows up, it will likely be discussed there. Check it out. If you discover such a hack, please let me know. I'd be interested.

[jampop77]

@lunarparcel thnak you, sure i will. i just wanna make sure i was talking about video quality.

[lunarparcel]

Indeed.

[Gr8tfulDude]

@lunarparcel Me thinks thou doth grunteth much!?

[lunarparcel]

He doth grunteth wisdom with utterings of "It says HD so it must be good, brah." and compelleth me to purchase extended warranties of dubious value.

[Gr8tfulDude]

@lunarparcel You been talkin to the blue-clad superior being, too?