If you are going to buy a video camera for your web video then the new Kodak Zi8 is very affordable and perfect choice especially if you are intending to start video marketing your products or services.

Why? Here are 4 reasons.

1. most lower cost options like the cheaper flip video cameras don’t have a mic input but the new Zi8 does. This really makes a difference to the quality of your audio and this makes the difference betweeen a professional looking video and a home-made.

2. it stores in Quicktime format at 1080p, 780p, and records at 60 frames per second which means you can record fast action motion such as sports.

3. it has an SD slot which means you can put in a 32BG card in and record about 4 to 6 hours of hi-def video or thousands of 5MB still photos.

4. the video quality is fantastic – 3 of 4 times better than the flip video.

The battery lasts around 90 minutes for video recording. It costs around $179 from Kodak. Mike Koenigs from Traffic Geyser goes into more detail in the video review below.