24 November 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Is that a camera?

I like gadgets. I can’t help it. It’s an addiction.

I put together all of my birthday money and used it to buy my most recent addition to the gadget collection – a Flip UltraHD video camera. Now I can shoot mind-numbingly boring home videos in stunning clarity and resolution. If you don’t believe me, check out the test video I shot just minutes after getting it out of the box – yep, that’s The Dog peeing in 720p. Ain’t technology great?

It’s a breeze to shoot and transfer video to my computer for editing, so I’m hoping that means I’ll use it more often than the video mode on my still camera (which was okay, but not the best to work with).

I’ve been hesitant to break it out in front of The Girl because she’s figured out that you can look at videos/pictures on the back of most cameras nowadays. So now anytime I get a camera out, she’s unwilling to pose for a picture; she immediately starts reaching for the camera so she can watch that baby.

I got the Flip out the other day during breakfast to try and grab some video of her eating a cereal bar and about 40 seconds into it, she figured out that it was a camera of some sort. And, of course, she started acting like a little ham:


Trouble streaming? Turn off HD by pressing the red button to view a smaller bandwidth version.

She hasn’t figured out yet that you can watch videos on this one too, so maybe I’ll actually get a few recorded before it becomes impossible to get her in front of the camera again.

Fries at the bottom of the bag

3 Responses to “Is that a camera?”

  1. Kristine 24 November 2009 at 8:37 am Permalink

    Oh man, I hated that phase, you can’t get a good picture because they want to see it before you even take it! GRRRRR!

  2. nonsoccermom 24 November 2009 at 9:25 am Permalink

    If you buy those shoes, I will divorce you. I’m very sorry, but I cannot cope with something like that. You know how I feel about those freaky-ass finger socks, and those shoes give me the heebs like you would not believe.

    It’s them or me. Make your choice. :)

  3. The Modernish Father 24 November 2009 at 9:35 am Permalink

    Yeah, I already know your opinion and I’m ignoring it. I believe someone in our house has already established the precedent of not caring what their spouse thinks on such issues many, many times. ;)


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