Recently, I was asked to shoot a test video for a client I write for. When and if it goes live on-line, I’ll give you more info on that, but one very cool thing that came out of it was that I discovered the Flip Video Camera, just about the smallest video camera I’ve ever seen and very easy to use. The client loaned the camera to me, and I only had time to shoot one test video before having to return it. My husband, who was my photographer, and I were so impressed with this little guy that I did some research and discovered that they are sold all over the place on-line and are very reasonably priced. So, I bought one.

It arrive the other day and I’ve started to play around with it some more on my own, sans hubby’s help, and I’m still pretty darn impressed. The only drawback we have found is that it is not capable of super duper close-up detailed shots. For example, if you were going to show how to crimp a crimp bead, this camera won’t cut it. However, for larger crafting items, this may be the answer to anyone who has wanted to try to put some videos together but wasn’t able or sure about plunking down some big buck for a video camera. It would also be a handy camera to bring to craft fairs or related events since it so small and light-weight.

I have some ideas for some other videos for my client, so hopefully, this will be a new direction for my on-line publishing. If not, I can always post them here, but I’ll let you know how it goes.