Many of you have heard me singing the praises of the Flip video camera. I had one of the original ones and really loved it…never had a problem. So, for the holidays, I got a new Flip Ultra. This is the one with the tripod mount.
Now…problems have surfaced: I/O errors and various other problems when trying to copy video off the camera. And, of course, this is happening the one time that I have some really important video that I need to get off the device. 🙁
Upon a quick look on the web, I see that there are some known problems with this new model. If you have one, do yourself a favor and install the firmware update before you do anything else.
I’m doing that myself, and I’m sure I’ll love my Flip again soon (after I finish crying, that is).
Postscript: I ran the update. It took a long time, because I had a lot of video saved on my device. They promised me that “videos stored on the camcorder will not be lost.” And they were not. Even better, I can now get the video off the device. Yay! I am drying my tears and ready to shoot more video. (I also just plugged the camera into a projector and watched them on the big screen. Awesome!)