The director, his assistant and prop master from a recent shoot fell in love
with the flip camera.

<http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_ultra.shtml>

Don't know how it does in low light, but the advantage of ease of use and
low cost would allow a traveler ease of mind. Their site claims excellence
in low light situations.

What's the budget?

Jan

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Steve Garfield <steve@...>wrote:

> I'm in a discussion with a blogger on what vido camera to get.
>
> I wanted to check out the new Samsung... but have not had the
> opportunity.
>
> Any advice for a blogger going to Africa who wants a good video camera
> that handles low light and can easily post to the web?
> --Steve
> http://stevegarfield.com
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > You're the third person who brought up a Samsung but others say
> > they're not
> > great at making cameras/lenses compared to Canon. These are the
> > three that
> > Best Buy had. Thoughts? JVC GZMS 100 US Zoom (it has a 35x optical
> > zoom
> > lens), is around the $329 mark. Also the Panasonic 10x zoom S7K.
> > Didn't seem
> > to be as slick as the JVC and the zoom is less...not sure about the
> > quality
> > of the lens compared to the JVC or the Canon FS100 which seemed to
> > be the
> > best deal at $399 in its category. The Canon had a 37x optical zoom
> > or a 48x
> > optical zoom when set a lower quality.
>
>
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