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1. Cool Links #63: The Wedding Post « TEACH J: For Teachers of Journalism And Media

   October 27th, 2009 at 1:49 am

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   [...] – Thanks to Andy Dickinson for a link to the Flip Video Spotlight site.  Under the Resources tab are videos about shooting [...]

2. Nigel Barlow

   October 27th, 2009 at 9:50 am

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   Brilliant Andy,exactly what I have been looking for

3. Paul Treacy

   November 8th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

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   I’ve been using a Flip Mino for a couple of years now and I love it. I use a small home made fig rig to keep it steady. It’s akin to mounting it in the middle of a steering wheel. That way extra accessories can be attached if required, like a mic or some small lights. It also allows me to hold it very steady and move quickly as my hands are further apart when shooting.

   I’m about to get a Canon 7d for work as I progress into HD filmmaking but I’ll hang onto my Flip so that I can attach it to things. I’m about to make a short film about high speed remote control cars and I’ll use the Flip to mount on one of the vehicles and use the footage as picture in picture, for example.

   I will make a quick tutorial on my fig rig in the coming weeks should anyone be interested in making one.

   It’s a brilliant little camera. I made a documentary film with mine on the G20 Demo last April. You can see it at http://paultreacy.com/video along with several more Flip shorts.

   Now, if only Flip would add an external mic socket. That would be well cool, would it not? Flip, are you listening?

   Paul Treacy
   http://paultreacy.com
   http://photohumourist.com

4. Paul Treacy

   November 8th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

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   The fig rig I’ve been using;
   http://photohumourist.blogspot.com/2009/04/filming-in-rain.html