Shooting Video with the Flip mino HD and the Kodak Zi8

When I’m not shooting with the high-end cameras I like to experiment with these small easy to carry video cameras. These cameras are actually quite sufficient for using footage for web use. In good light I was very surprised with the quality. In low light situations they function quite poorly. I used the Flip mino HD for all the main footage and the Kodak Zi8 for cutaways and B roll. I shot this in Cleveland and Boston. The cameras were mounted on light stands with ball heads instead of tripods. Ninety percent of the audio was used from the Flip mino HD. I augmented and backed up the audio by using a combination of an Olympus digital voice recorder and a Sennheiser ew 100 G2 mike. Using a slate slap I was able to sync the audio very easy in Final Cut. The clips were changed to Pro Rez 422 in MPEG Streamclip for easy non rendering in Final Cut. The ending was done in Apple Motion.