Today’s camera market is flooded with pocket camcorders with latest features and high definition video. What joins the bandwagon next is Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera. Keeping in mind that it is a mini camcorder, its video quality is quite good. The camcorder comes in three beautiful colours namely, raspberry, aqua and black.
Specifications of kodak Zi8
Kodak Zi8 camcorder sensor resolution is 5 mega pixels. The still images are recorded in JPEG format and videos in H.264 format. The digital zooming capacity is up to 4x. The optical sensor type is CMOS and the size ½.5 inches. The focal length of the lens is 6.3 mm and the aperture F/2.8.
The minimum focus range of Zi8 lens is 3.3 feet and the macro focus range is 15 cm. The exposure modes and white balances are managed automatically by the camcorder. The flash of the camera is built-in. The camcorder has 128 MB flash memory and comes with a SD Memory Card.
The new Zi8 pocket camcorder by Kodak has TFT active matrix LCD display. For recording audio, it has a built in microphone. Its operation mode is mono. It has one USB, HDMI output, one microphone, one DC power input and one composite audio/video output connector.
The operating system requirements for connecting to a computer are Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac X 10.4 or advanced or Microsoft XP SP2. One audio/video cable and HDMI cable come handy with the camcorder. The pocket size camcorder measures 2.4 x 0.9 x 4.4 inches and weighs 3.9 oz.
Performance of Kodak Zi8
The battery that comes with Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera is Kodak KLIC 7004 rechargeable battery. This even slimmer battery can be charged by connecting to the computer too. The image quality of this camcorder is quite impressive. It records at 30 frames per second with 1080 pixel clarity.It is one of the few camcorders in the market with such great pixel clarity. It can also record videos at 60 frames per second with 720 pixels clarity. These videos when uploaded at YouTube give out excellent viewing experience.
Zi8 Kodak camcorder can accept 1 GB SD card in its memory slot conveniently. As compared to the previous model Zi6, Zi8 has got a better interface. The LCD gives out sharp picture and video viewing and the audio also is louder than most pocket camcorders.
The control buttons are easy to operate and the settings convenient to be adjusted according to the user’s requirements. Its image stabilisation feature and the external microphone support make it superior to other camcorders. Zi8 is more sleek that Zi6 and is even more convenient to be carried anywhere. The body of Zi8, although, has tendencies to capture scratches on it.
Our Take !
Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera is a quite compact with an outstanding video clarity and image quality. This camcorder can be categorised under the ones worth buying.