New Technology (aka “Toy”)

We just purchased a Flip Ultra HD video camera (Flip).  The camera is a little large than a pack of cards, very light and records HD video (1280 x 720).  The video is highly compressed so the image quality is modest but acceptable given its convenience and low cost.

We expect to use the camera to help our documenting Alpenglow while in China.  We can imagine that people will be doing massive “data dumps” of information on us, so rather than writing sketchy paper notes of what people are telling us, we thought we would try video recording the briefings.  In addition, the camera is small enough that sticking it into a tight location while recording and panning about may give us some images we will find useful in the future.

Below is a YouTube video I uploaded from clips I took on a hike up to Cutthroat Pass last Thursday, October 8.  Depending on available bandwidth, I may try a few video reports while in China.