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Video from the iPod nano 5G
02 years ago
In my initial thoughts post on the iPod nano 5G, I promised some video soon so you could all see the quality as that’s been the most requested of me on Twitter. I took the nano out with me today and was approached by someone who thought my bright orange gadget looked rather tasty. Luckily I was able to capture his enthusiasm on video.
Like I mentioned in my last post about the nano, I am seriously impressed with the video quality but I’m also extremely pleased with that of the audio. Of the more expensive camcorders I have owned over the years, the audio quality was somewhat of a disappointment. Either quite muffled or an over-sensitive built-in mic, something that the Aiptek AHD200 suffered from which meant that a gentle breeze would quickly be translated as a force nine gale.
Here’s another video taken with the nano today…
My usual path when uploading video to the Mac from the nano is via iPhoto, then from within QuickTime I can quickly trim a clip and upload it to YouTube from within QT, or pop it onto Flickr. Both of the videos here are direct from the nano and uploaded to Flickr. If I want to do something special with it then I’ll import it into iMovie and do some editing in there. However, one of the things I bought the nano for was quick simple video I could upload to twitvid which will then be auto-posted to Twitter. That’s simply a case of syncing the nano, importing the video into iPhoto, again just trimming in QuickTime and then saving the video (.mov) and uploading to the twitvid site. They’re usually very speedy in processing the video to share instantly on twitter.
I know video quality of the iPod nano is something that many people out there are interested in knowing about, as was I before I decided to purchase. But I hope the above videos go some way to reassuring you that this is no fuzzy pixelated offering from Apple.
As mentioned in this post, if there’s anything specific you would like to know about the iPod nano from someone that is enjoying playing with it then do feel free to ask in the comments 
Rock Music. Roll Camera.
5After a very long 7 months, my Gadget abstinence has come to a shuddering halt thanks to the new iPod nano with video camera. I opted for the very juicy orange in the largest 16GB capacity, which cost £135. I ordered from the Apple Store online at around 1.30pm yesterday afternoon and it arrived via UPS at 3pm today. That’s probably the quickest delivery time I’ve experienced from Apple in 4 years.
I was feeling quite underwhelmed before the ‘It’s Only Rock and Roll’ Apple Event last Wednesday, knowing the entire event was going to be devoted to iTunes and the iPod range – something that I wasn’t too excited about. That was until the One More Thing where the new nano with video camera was announced.
I’ve been wanting the iPhone 3GS since it’s launch a couple of months ago. However, due to being tied into my existing iPhone 3G contract until March, all options to get around that were hardly attractive. Pay up the rest of my contract and upgrade/sign a new 18 month contract, or buy the Pay & Go iPhone 3GS for £440 and pop my existing SIM in. The latter was the more attractive option, but word from some 3GS upgraders was “wait until next summer for the next new iPhone”. So, the new iPod nano is my go-between – with a more attractive price-tag.
The video functionality of the nano was the selling point for me as it was the biggest thing I wanted from the 3GS. Okay, so I can’t upload directly from the iPod itself to the internet like with the 3GS, but it takes moments to sync to iTunes/iPhoto so I can quickly trim a video in QuickTime and then upload to iTunes, MobileMe or YouTube.
I am very impressed with the quality of the video on the new nano. Due to time constraints today I have been unable to capture a large amount of video, but did manage to get this up on YouTube as a test for people who asked me via Twitter. I hope to get some more footage out in natural daylight soon. My initial impressions are very positive, considering it’s such a tiny device. It seems to perform extremely well when going from light to dark conditions which is something that past (and more expensive) camcorders I’ve owned were unable to do very efficiently.
I shall be posting a more indepth review soon. I am in the middle of some major home improvements right now which has slowed my Fruit Bytes dedication down, but if you have any specific questions about the new nano or a request for a test video then please feel free to ask me in the comments or drop me an e-mail and I’ll do my best to assist.
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