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Kodak Playfull Ze1 Review

AThe Flip cam is dead . With the originator and leader of the pocket cam movement officially bowing out of the race with a swipe of the red pen from parent company Cisco, Kodak stands to inherit the throne. But is it a crumbling one? The rise of 720p and now 1080p video recording in smartphones and inexpensive point-and-shoot cameras has left pocket video cams a narrowing niche. Kodak will try to capitalize on its new-found status at head of the pack with the Playfull, a pint-sized cam that combines the stylish sensibilities of Flip’s MinoHD with the capabilities of its own popular Zi8, at a reasonable $149.95 price point.

Like the Zi8 before it, the Kodak Playful shoots Full HD 1080p video at 30 frames per second, 720p HD video at 30 or 60 frames per second, and WVGA if you’re really trying to save space. It also accepts SD cards up to 32GB, has a flip-out USB arm, and offers HDMI output for viewing video directly on a TV.

Despite the similarities, its bulky predecessor does retain a few one-ups on Playfull. There’s no microphone jack for using lapel mics, the battery is no longer removeable, and the lens focus has been fixed at 1 meter to infinity — no more macro mode for extreme close-ups. The screen has also shrunken necessarily to a paltry 1.5 inches and 70K pixels, down from 2.5 inches on the Zi8.

In consolation, the Playfull not only gets much more portable (which we’ll get to below), it also gets new in-camera features. The Playfull allows some limited in-camera editing, instant sharing on social networks including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, and capture effects like black and white, sepia tone and “70’s film.”

Despite outstanding video quality and an arm-long list of features, the Zi8 drew criticism for its size, which looked downright awkward beside the Flips’ svelte MinoHD. In response, Kodak almost directly copies the dimensions and look of the MinoHD with the Playfull, which now measures only 1.6 inches wide, 3.9 inches tall, and 0.6 inches deep. For the record, that’s smaller than the Zi8 in every dimension, and even a bit narrower than the MinoHD. It also weighs just 95 grams, compared to 116 grams on the metal-framed MinoHD.

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