A few sites are starting to get their hands on the new Kodak Zi8. Overall the response is very positive. Engadget said the iPhone had just as good of quality. I find that hard to believe but I don’t have either to compare. Gizmodo’s review had a lot more detail and only had two negatives, software and no internal storage. I use iMovie so software doesn’t matter and no internal memory is a good thing, I think. I can buy a couple 8GB cards for cheap and it allows me to swap them out. Plus I can buy a bigger card down the road as prices drop. With a Flip you are stuck with what it comes with. The sample footage looks great even though I would say my Zi6 videos look just as good but it’s hard to tell unless you did a side-by-side comparison, not on YouTube. The Zi6 videos I uploaded to YouTube look worse than on my computer. I still might have to buy the Zi8 just for the increased resolution and Mic in jack. There are a couple videos below, one with Zi8 and one Zi6. The Zi8 goes on sale in September for $180 and you can pre-order right now on Amazon.
Below: Zi8 with 1080p at 30fps
Below is Zi6 shot in 720p at 60fps. It’s at night but I think it picked up the detail very well.
