Creative Labs Vado Pocket Video Camcorder (Silver) OLD MODEL by Creative
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Digital camera reviews of Creative Labs Vado Pocket Video Camcorder (Silver) OLD MODEL
Digital camera Review: Can't Record Very Long
Summary: 3 Stars
It won't record the 35 minutes it takes to document for myself a daily bike ride. It shuts off sometime and saves no file, during that interval.
If I stop and restart the recording every 8 minutes, it works okay, but that isn't much use if it's clipped outside the vehicle, for instance.
It must be some battery-saving feature or other that enables itself even when recording. Anyway it won't work for you if you're thinking of long recordings. I don't find any documentation at all anywhere.
I don't like to be ungrateful - the size and price and what it does is amazing, just not what it seemed to claim, exactly.
ADDED: It seems to record 35 minutes okay on the desk. Just not on a bicycle (I tried it three times), unless it's in short segments.
I wonder if the battery shakes and loses contact. Something's killing the recording. But that doesn't explain why it would work in short segments.
ADDED ADDED: I have a successful 35 minute bicycle recording by being very careful to limit handlebar jarring as much as possible, picking smooth pavement, holding on tightly, and going slower. Apparently the battery contact guess is correct.
Digital camera Review: Compact and easy-to-use
Summary: 5 Stars
Firstly, I'm not at all technical, so my review is purely from a layman's perspective.
I bought this video camera as a gift for my husband primarily because we were going to be travelling and didn't want to take our larger videocam.
The major positive things I can say is that this camera is extremely compact, very easy to use and easy to charge. I had also purchased the charging unit but we took a laptop computer with us, so ended up just charging the camera while using the computer.
My husband was able to carry the camera in his shirt pocket, making it easily available for those moments that we wanted to capture. The picture quality isn't as good as our larger camera and the functions are limited, however it was perfect for our purposes.
I recommend this camera for anyone who wants a simple to use, lightweight camera for a reasonable price. We're very happy with it.
Digital camera Review: Convenient, easy to use and downloadable on a Mac with MPEG Streamclip
Summary: 4 Stars
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This is the sort of product that will eventually change how we shoot video forever, though other items like iPhones and such might eventually do it too. I don't know enough about such things to speculate with any authority, however, all I can say is this is sooooo easy to use it makes any kind of tape-based, clunky camcorder virtually obsolete, at least as far as taking the video itself.
If you want high quality, though, it only holds a limited amount of recording time, then you have to download it. If you're on a trip, that means having a laptop handy. Still, you can carry this around to have in a pinch, which you just cannot with a camera.
The only trouble I had initially was how to fully download this on my mac. Fortunately, I paid for a one-on-one Apple service so I can make appointments at an Apple store and be trained -- the best money I ever spent. They recommended something called MPEG Streamclip and I was able to download the video and edit it on iMovie. Well, live and learn.
Digital camera Review: Creative Labs Vado Pocket Video Camera
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I say, this is a great little camera. I have two of them and they work great. I have a camcorder that costs 5 times as much and it's sitting in my closet collecting dust because I take my Vado with me every where I go.
They are easy to use (point and shoot ) and the picture quality is good.
I've used it for personal video logs and just every day capture life videos.
It's sad that the older models won't be available any longer but I'm sure that the newer ones in High Definition will be just as good. The thing I like about it most is the .avi format that the video is taken in. You can play your video's on any computer and if you want you can purchase any of the many video conversion programs to put on to DVD. Great little camera. Only disappointment is the digital zoom on it. The pictures has a tendency to be a bit blurry on digital zoom. But.. any camera you get that has digital zoom (even the ones that costs hundreds more ) has the same problem. Optical zoom is the best.
Digital camera Review: Creative Labs Vado Video Camcorder
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great little device. It's light, easy to use and the price is right.
The only problem is its lack of interface with Mac computers. I can't seem to easily get the videos to download to iMac computer. I'm sure there is a way to do this and eventually I will figure it out but Vado should make this device seamless for Macs just as they do for PCs.
If they accomplish this in the near future, this device is a winner on all counts.