Comments on: Tower of babble http://thecoredump.org/2009/05/05/tower-of-babble/ It updates the blog, or it gets the hose again Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Niclas Lindh http://thecoredump.org/2009/05/05/tower-of-babble/comment-page-1/#comment-6366 Niclas Lindh Wed, 06 May 2009 21:16:27 +0000 http://thecoredump.org/?p=1345#comment-6366 <p>As far as I'm concerned, the big win for the Flip is the form factor and the ease-of-use. So yes, being able to hand it to a child and not having to worry (much) is a huge factor.</p> <p>Big DSLR for good pictures and tiny Flip for good-ish video is a great way to fly.</p> <p>But sure, sooner or later the devices will converge.</p> <p>Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro are great apps, but the learning curve is brutal. If you want to get into them, be prepared to spend serious time.</p> As far as I’m concerned, the big win for the Flip is the form factor and the ease-of-use. So yes, being able to hand it to a child and not having to worry (much) is a huge factor.

Big DSLR for good pictures and tiny Flip for good-ish video is a great way to fly.

But sure, sooner or later the devices will converge.

Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro are great apps, but the learning curve is brutal. If you want to get into them, be prepared to spend serious time.

]]> By: Bryan Payne http://thecoredump.org/2009/05/05/tower-of-babble/comment-page-1/#comment-6365 Bryan Payne Wed, 06 May 2009 06:04:16 +0000 http://thecoredump.org/?p=1345#comment-6365 <p>I'm still not completely understanding the Flip. Before it was HD, my Canon Elph took the same quality video. So now there is a Flip HD, but now Canon has new Elph's out which shoot HD as well. I still don't get why you wouldn't just buy and use a point and shoot camera that is basically the same form factor and weight, but that also shoots high megapixel still shots as well. </p> <p>Then again, I probably wouldn't hand a young child an Elph, even as fairly indestructible as they are. Maybe that's the part I'm missing?</p> <p>In other news, I really should start playing with Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack.</p> I’m still not completely understanding the Flip. Before it was HD, my Canon Elph took the same quality video. So now there is a Flip HD, but now Canon has new Elph’s out which shoot HD as well. I still don’t get why you wouldn’t just buy and use a point and shoot camera that is basically the same form factor and weight, but that also shoots high megapixel still shots as well.

Then again, I probably wouldn’t hand a young child an Elph, even as fairly indestructible as they are. Maybe that’s the part I’m missing?

In other news, I really should start playing with Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack.

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