Buy a Mino » Extreme Conditions http://www.flipmino.com Flip Mino and Mino HD Cameras Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Flip MinoHD Test http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test-2/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test-2/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:06:33 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=198 post thumbnail

Recorded earlier today (22 November 2008) in the DTW tunnel. Just testing out the capabilities of the Flip MinoHD. See how it holds up in extreme lighting conditions.

Tags: capabilities, tunnel, testing, 22 november, lighting conditions
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Flip video bike mount +iMovie09 +music that was in my head at the time… :)

Music: Popscene – Blur

Tags: head, Popscene, Video, iMovie, time music
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Flip MinoHD is tested for action footage. Hand held recording while on a skateboard.

Tags: Action, action footage, Hand, skateboard, footage
]]> http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-test/feed/ 4 Flip MinoHD works in vacuum! http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-works-in-vacuum/ http://www.flipmino.com/flip-minohd-works-in-vacuum/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:21:42 +0000 ssmino http://www.flipmino.com/?p=166 post thumbnail

Testing Flip MinoHD in vacuum chamber up to a pressure equivalent altitude of 300,000 ft (almost the pressure in Low Earth Orbit).

Because the Flip MinoHD records video directly to solid state memory, it functions without any problems in vacuum. Normal video cameras that use miniDV cassette or small optical discs almost always overheat in a vacuum because they typically rely on air convection to remove excess heat.

Hard drive based video cameras (and all other hard drives) also fail in vacuum environments. The read/write head of a hard drive normally floats on a cushion of air. However, in a vacuum, this cushion doesn’t exist and the read/write head literally crashes into the magnetic platters.

Thanks Pure Digital Technologies for providing a Flip MinoHD evaluation unit.

Awesome.

Tags: vacuum environments, state memory, platters, vacuum chamber, solid state, optical discs, hard drives
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