What is Better, Kodak zi6, or Flip Mino HD?

Flip mino hd vs. sony bloggie vs. kodak zi8?

• OK, so im a big time skiier, and i make movies in my spare time, and im gonna start combining them. Ive done a ton of research on the cameras and these are my three contenders. Rememer, these will be used outdoors for skiing, probably helmet mounted or being hand held filming others. Flip mino hd: pros: 60 fps, easy start up with gloves, decent auto focus, ok anti shake, good price cons: flip cameras have a history of crappy footage, very long charge time (7hrs) cost: 99$ Sony bloggie: pros: Exelent autofocus, 1080p, great anti shake, great color cons: no way to mount to helmet or tripod, top of budget cost: 150$ Kodak Zi8: pros: good color, ok anti shake, sd card slot, easy setup, easy battery change, cons: My expierences with kodak products is that they last a week then crap out. you have to be far away to film, no wide lens, very pricy cost: 160-190$ remember, this will be used for skiing, no indoors. DO NOT TELL ME TO GET A GO PRO. THEY ARE THE WORST OUT THERE WITH TERRIBLE QUALITY AND A PAIN TO OPERATE. Please give your oppinion on these three, and if you have any other suggestions give them, becasue i want the best for my money.

• Answer:

  Aside from the record button, the Mino has touch-sensitive buttons, which I doubt will function with your gloves. (Even without gloves I have trouble working them.) Fortunately, those buttons are for the digital zoom or deleting video clips, so its relative unavailability probably won't be an issue on the slopes. The power button is also a little small if gloves reduces your dexterity. The Zi8 is a discontinued model and can be found on clearance in the $120 range if not cheaper. As the previous person points out, will condensation be an issue? The Mino and Bloggie work only with internal memory, so if condensation causes it to malfunction, or a good crash damages the USB connector, your footage will be trapped. You'd still be able to retrieve the ZI8's footage since it's on an SDHC card. Even better, Kodak's Playsport cameras are designed to be waterproof, they also have sizable buttons if I recall. Another possibility is the Flip Ultra HD. It has a removable battery (and can run on AA batteries,) and has a separate underwater housing available to protect it from the snow. Though it won't leave you with any intended mounting options. And like the Mino, available at clearance prices since Cisco closed its Flip camera division.