A fably little video camera – the Kodak Playfull
One thing my boys LOVE to do (and I know it’s not just mine) is make videos. I always think it’s their equivalent to us talking into a clunky top-loading tape recorder – they put on shows, perform ‘the news’, the sneak up on each other, they record super-fantastic moves on computer games… And as parents we just love watching what they come up with (even the odd expected ‘surprise’ video that naturally occurs when you leave two brothers alone with a video camera. You just know that a penis mention is going to happen somewhere…).
Boy (just 10) was sent the Playfull camera to review, and he has really been putting it through its paces. He uses it a lot – and I’d love to show you the fruits of his labour, but mostly it is nonsensical 10yr old type stuff. I will come back and post a clip, honest. Just as soon as I have a couple of hours to plod through the mindless giggling and flashes of body parts ruining a perfectly good small-sister-singing clip (yes, really *eyeroll*).
In the meantime – is this a good video camera? Is it a good buy? Is it a Great Gift Idea?
Yes, yes and thrice YES.
The quality is excellent, the controls are dead easy, it hasn’t failed on us once, the downloading / sharing couldn’t be easier, and the screen for viewing is excellent (Boy has a particular fondness for playing back movies in B&W at double speed – makes him helpless with laughter. In fact he creates movies with the aid of Jolly, purely so that they can be played backwards and look like old Laurel & Hardy slapstick sequences… now THAT is the clip I should show you…)
It’s a small camera – around the size of a mobile phone – which is a great size for keeping it handy. D’you remember when we used to lug those enormous tape video cameras out at Christmas and birthdays? Thank goodness things have moved on!
Now you can have a full HD res video online and winging its way to Grandma before you can say “look who’s walking!”.
The Kodak Playfull has been reduced to £99.99 – and we would seriously recommend you take a look if you’re thinking about buying a video camera for Christmas (either as a gift or just for your to use – it’s good for both!).
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