Hi Tony….

Our school is looking for a flip type video camera to be used in the classroom then downloaded onto a computer into Windows Movie Maker.  The cameras we have found so far have files that have to be converted to a .wmv file.  Do you know if there are any that produce a .wmv file so a conversion does not have to be done?  We are just trying to eliminate a step and make it easy to use in the classroom by students.

I did some research for you, and it confirmed my initial impression–right now there is not a video camera that records in WMV format. To record in WMV format, you’d have to connect a camera (such as a webcam) directly to a computer, and then record with the computer.

I know transcoding/converting to another video format is time-consuming–wish there was another way! You could consider using different video editing software, such as Adobe Premiere Elements, that can handle your recorded files in their native format.