{"id":3113,"date":"2008-05-13T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2008-06-12T17:38:14","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T00:38:14","slug":"one-hand-solid-state-video-cameras-like-the-flip-are-a-fantastic-resource-for-both-real-estate-documentation-and-video-podcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3113\/one-hand-solid-state-video-cameras-like-the-flip-are-a-fantastic-resource-for-both-real-estate-documentation-and-video-podcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"One-hand solid-state video cameras like the Flip are a fantastic resource for both real estate documentation and video podcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m completely sold on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theflip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Flip camera<\/a>. Unchained bought a second one for Brian the other day. We&#8217;ll use both of them at the conference, then each of us will take one home. We&#8217;re going to buy another one out of our own money for Cathleen. I wrote my <em>Republic<\/em> column for next week about all the real estate marketing uses I&#8217;m coming up with for this little video camera.<\/p>\n<p>Why am I so sweet on the Flip?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s second only to my digital still camera as an on-hand resource for recording and communicating real estate ideas\n<\/li>\n<li>It fits on my hip &#8212; just like my still camera &#8212; and that&#8217;s where it rides\n<\/li>\n<li>Because it&#8217;s so easy to carry and so easy to use, there is no aversion or impediment to using it\n<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s eminently useful for documenting traffic conditions around a house &#8212; or weather, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3111\" target=\"_blank\">as I did earlier today<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s simply excellent for doing interviews, whether those are testimonials, vendor reports for clients or video podcasts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The video shared below is a brief summary by Mike Elsberry, my all time favorite home inspector, documenting the repair issues in the home we looked at today. The buyers are out-of-state, but they get to see Mike&#8217;s face, hear the confidence and expertise in his voice and judge his level of concern with the issues he raises. This simply rocks, a completely different way of dealing with a remote-control inspection.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iUbaRJRPbM4&#38;hl=en\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I want for Brain and I to both have Flip cameras with us all the time because of the ease of making video podcasts. Whenever we find ourselves talking to anyone with something interesting to say, we can turn the conversation into a podcast, a permanent addition to our library of Black Pearls.<\/p>\n<p>Until now I have shouted down real estate video with my volume knob set to eleven. I still feel the same way about what I call the Lurch video, the painfully boring home tour with swooping and jerking camera movement and a voiceover narration punctuated by way&#8230; too&#8230; much&#8230; punctuation&#8230; Cathy shot an interview on Sunday with the seller of <a href=\"http:\/\/14237north11thst.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">our listing on Lookout Mountain in Phoenix<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3113\/one-hand-solid-state-video-cameras-like-the-flip-are-a-fantastic-resource-for-both-real-estate-documentation-and-video-podcasting\/#more-3113\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m completely sold on the Flip camera. Unchained bought a second one for Brian the other day. We&#8217;ll use both of them at the conference, then each of us will take one home. We&#8217;re going to buy another one out of our own money for Cathleen. I wrote my Republic column for next week about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,9,5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-photography","9":"category-real-estate","10":"category-technology","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3133,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3133\/the-flip-digital-video-camera-makes-illustrating-real-estate-ideas-fast-convenient-and-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":3113,"position":0},"title":"The Flip digital video camera makes illustrating real estate ideas fast, convenient and fun","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my column for this week from the Arizona Republic (permanent link). Watch this space. 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We spark ideas in each other, and marketing strategies emerge that neither one of us had foreseen. Last week, Brian suggested that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3960,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3960\/kodaks-new-zi6-hand-held-video-camera-is-pricey-and-comes-with-no-memory-but-if-its-quicktime-hd-native-it-might-be-worth-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":3113,"position":2},"title":"Kodak&#8217;s new Zi6 hand-held video camera is pricey and comes with no memory, but if it&#8217;s QuickTime HD native, it might be worth it","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"That's Kodak's brand new Zi6 hand-held video camera. If it looks a lot like a Flip camera, there's a reason for that. At first glance, it's a virtual Flip cam clone, right down to the built-in USB connector and the YouTube video-sharing software. And like the Flip camera, the optics\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marketing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3109,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3109\/using-youtube-video-cameras-to-create-text-plus-video-landing-pages\/","url_meta":{"origin":3113,"position":3},"title":"Using YouTube video cameras to create text plus video landing pages","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Hunter Jackson of IBlogColumbia.com wrote to me yesterday about the possibility of doing video testimonials with the RCA Small Wonder, a CMOS-based video camera like the Flip Camera we discussed a few days ago. Like the Flip, the Small Wonder has a built-in USB connector, and it also uses AA\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3526,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3526\/whats-the-obstacle-to-a-paperless-iphone-able-real-estate-transaction-the-sclerotic-real-estate-industry-itself\/","url_meta":{"origin":3113,"position":4},"title":"What&#8217;s the obstacle to a paperless, iPhone-able real estate transaction? The sclerotic real estate industry itself","author":"Greg Swann","date":"July 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my column for last week from the Arizona Republic (permanent link). \u00a0What's the obstacle to a paperless, iPhone-able real estate transaction? 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