Thanks, Bob... When I looked at Target a couple of weeks ago, it was "down" to $150. Need to compare what other things were included, such as how much memory is built in, how big a memory card is included, and if it has any other extras bundled. Regardless, I will have to check what features yours is showing today (at the place you bought it).
I am very tempted by the idea of not having to worry about immersion, but also tempted by better optics, longer record time, good optical zoom range, or easier operation potentially offered by other brands, such as Sony and Canon. Why can't I have all those extras in one camera, at the perfect price? I still haven't told my wife I want a video camera for my son's wedding coming up in May. Keep it quiet! --Don On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Bob Therina <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're thinking of getting one of those Kodak Playsport cameras, I > got one last summer and took it to the beach. I have some videos here if > you want to see how well it does. > http://www.youtube.com/user/LobFest > > The first 6 in the list (meaning the last 6 uploaded) were taken with > this camera using a class 4 memory card. They were taken at 720p at > 30fps. Only one of them posted was taken underwater, but I took some > others that I didn't post and it did fine. With the salt water I rinsed > it off when I was done to keep the salt from corroding anything. You can > see that the video is a little jittery, but nice and sharp with good > color saturation. I think I paid $129 for it. I'm sure you can find a > better price than what Target is offering. > > Bob > > > > On 03/06/2011 08:51 PM, Don Ellis wrote: >> The web page brags about ruggedness. Is it moisture resistant? Getting >> wet is one of the big problems with cell phones. I noticed a [cheap] >> Kodak video camera at Target that is immersible to 3 meters. One of >> very few. >> (One of mine was shortened considerably, though after the warranty had >> run out. Not wet enough to disqualify, just enough to stop working) >> >> --Don >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Robert & Janet Bennett >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Please pardon my missing the last couple of meetings, but I actually did >>> get a Peek for >>> my wife for Christmas and as such am ashamed to show my face. >>> >>> http://www.getpeek.com >>> >>> The only two issues I have with it are: >>> >>> 1. Their Customer Service is not good, however >>> a. I knew that going in. >>> b. Although their customer service is worse than AT&T, I would >>> disagree >>> with anyone who brags about AT&T's customer service as I have >>> personally >>> experienced it. >>> >>> 2. MS Exchange support. They do support MS Exchange 2003 and 2007 but >>> not so much >>> 2009 and my wife's work uses 2009 MS Exchange / Web Outlook. If we >>> could get the device >>> to work with her work e-mail I would be satisfied with it. >>> >>> >>> Basically the device works like it should where the customers gets >>> unlimited e-mail, unlimited SMS texting, >>> unlimited Facebook, and unlimited Twitter. There is also a Weather and >>> Map app (weather works - map not >>> so much as it is based on the T-Mobile cell tower -- no GPS.) >>> >>> The customer has to prepay for one year's worth of service (at a rate of >>> $15.00 per month.) I know that Android smart phones >>> are better but I will not pay the $80.00 - $120.00 per month smart phone >>> bills that people pay for such a devices (this is a big >>> time deal breaker -- don't need all the extra features and will not pay >>> this much.) Currently my wife pays $35.00 per month for >>> a regular AT&T cell phone (and this is actual monthly cost after all >>> taxes and fees) and an effective $15.00 for the Peek. >>> >>> Hope to see you all again soon. >>> >>> Robert >> > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
