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hey guys sixteen here with a comparison between two of the best pocket camcorders for YouTube the kodak play touch and the Sony Bloggie touch let's start with what you get with each camcorder the Bloggie touch comes in a very minimalist apple light box and only comes with the camera a female-to-male USB cable and a lanyard strap codec is much more generous with the play touch with HDMI RCA AV and microUSB cables USB power adapter lanyard battery and a carrying pouch taking a closer look at each camera you'll find that there are some pretty major differences the Bloggie touch features a very well built and nice-looking design and features four or eight gigabytes of internal storage with no SD card slot as well as a non removable battery the front is all brushed metal with the 37 millimeter F 2.8 autofocus lens in front of the 12 megapixel sensor a mini HDMI port on bottom power button as well as the shutter button on top in the tripod mountain flip-out USB arm on the right side of the camcorder the Play Touch has a largely plastic construction which just isn't a match for the sony on the other hand it works with normal SDHC memory cards and has a removable battery which can be a big plus size-wise it's nearly identical with the kodak being just a little bit wider overall up front you'll find the 33 millimeter 44 millimeter at 1080p F 2.8 autofocus lens with a 5 megapixel sensor mono microphone and an IR receiver for an optional remote on the left side of the camera you'll find the 2.5 millimeter AV out and behind the flat the mini HDMI micro USB for charging and a flip-out USB arm for syncing the quality of the arm didn't give me much confidence so I stuck to using the SD card to offload media instead up top there is a combo microphone headphone jack in the macro mode switch on the right side is the power button an SD card slot with the tripod mount on bottom the Bloggie touch is a nice weight to it and feels like a very premium product all the way through from the feel the buttons to the assuredly solid USB arm the bank features a 288,000 dot 3-inch 16 by 9 touchscreen and record button the display is very bright and tends to make your video look overexposed on the camera however once you offload it you'll find that it looks just fine test responsiveness is also quite good not on the level of a high-end smartphone but it's absolutely fine for a camera DUI largely stays out of your way disappearing for the most part while filming with the exception of the zoom slider the play touch well not quite as nice as the Sony still isn't half bad in build quality Department around back is a 230,000 dot three inch touchscreen which feels remarkably similar to the Sony with good responsiveness and accuracy what isn't as nice is the fact that while shooting video only a small portion of the screen is actually used which is a shame the UI takes up the majority of the screen and while it's laid out quite well it really makes the nice screen become a bit of a waste using the Bloggie touches a bad as simple as it gets press the on/off button and within a couple of seconds you'll be shooting video or stills video is recorded with the red button below the screen and pictures are taken with the top shutter button the ergonomics are quite good overall allowing you to hold it in landscape orientation and take photos with the excellent shutter button that allows you to have press to focus just like a normal camera it also sports an orientation sensor allowing you to rotate to portrait or landscape modes an issue with this is that the tripod mount for the Bloggie touches on the bottom of the camera forced me to take ugly vertical video unless you have a tripod that can rotate it on the side just like the Bloggie touch the codec is very simple to use but has some additional features with the quick presses the power button the camera boots up and is ready to go the record button below the screen will film video or take a photo depending on the mode with little delay unlike the Bloggie you are meant to hold and use the camera and portrait orientation which works quite well and side steps any issues with shooting video in the wrong orientation video quality is solid on the Bloggie touch it features 1080p at 30 frames per second as well as 720p at either 30 or 60 frames video and the play touch isn't as good while it can also shoot 1080p at 30 frames per second as well as 720p in 30 or 60 the video seems to be more heavily compressed all right so I'm now recording using the kodak play touch now the conditions are really pretty good this is what I was just filming with my Nikon I've got my studio lights on either side of me above me as well as behind me so plenty of light I am using the inboard microphone on the play touch so I'm not you know utilizing the external microphone yeah I'll give you guys a quick demo so I've got to pull my Nikon close here you guys will see we won't be able to focus automatically but if I switch into macro mode and pull it in nice and close you guys will be able to see actually looks really quite nice it's really quite nice in macro mode probably even see if I pull it close enough see through it but uh hey guys go this is a quick quality test of the codec play touch alright so I'm not recording using the Bloggie touch now everything is the exact same same lighting saying you know sound environment same all that stuff and you'll notice a couple of major differences the first of which is that it is a much wider field of view so as opposed to the codec which you guys see it was a little bit more zoomed in this as by default does have a wider angle lens in addition to that if I go ahead and pull the camera up nice and close you should be able to say that it will autofocus not too bad yeah and I would say that is pretty close to the camera that is really quite close to the camera so anyway guys it's been a quick test of the Sony Bloggie touch overall each camera has its strengths with current pricing just over $100 the play touch is a solid choice if you're looking for a camera that will spend most of its life on a tripod with an external microphone connected the Bloggie touch certainly isn't perfect and probably isn't a good choice if you need features like an external mic swap a little battery SD card slot and easy to use tripod mount over for roughly $150 for the four gigabyte model I find hard to recommend anything else but the Sony Bloggie touch if you enjoyed the video be sure to leave a like rating and if you're interested in more videos like this be sure to subscribe