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Posted by Smarty on 02/25/07 18:12
Colin,
Yes, it's true that camcorders and still cameras for consumers have
substantially overlapped in the last few years, with a blurry boundary
between them (no pun intended). The charm of this TX1 compared to any other
alternative IMHO is the extremely small size, making it far less intrusive
than even a small AVCHD camcorder. This camera is truly shirt pocket size,
and allows for carrying it without really feeling like you have another bag
or package to carry. It's probably the way I feel since I passed age 60 and
my knees have begun troubling me from time to time, but I especially
appreciate lightweight and small cameras. It also seems that taking a
camcorder out in public makes many people very self conscious and inhibits
picture taking, whereas the really tiny cameras are less imposing and can do
some really good candid photography. The movie making ability of most of
these tiny still cameras is generally quite poor, but I am hoping this Canon
HD one can make nice, albeit short, DVD quality videos.
Smarty
"Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote in message news:45e147d1$1@clear.net.nz...
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> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
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>> This is a cute little camera the size of a deck of cards. 7.1 MP stills,
>> HD video 720p 30 frame/sec capture from Canon........this will give
>> Sanyo, Sony, and others something to think about, IMHO.
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>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022203canontx1.asp
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>> Smarty
>
> Yes, most interesting, it does look to be an advance on what's currently
> available. If a person is satisfied with the idea of carrying around just
> one camera that gives reasonable (but not professional quality) stills and
> movies, it's quite hard to decide whether it's better to buy a still
> camera that provides only a relatively short time for movies, or whether
> it's better to go for a camcorder (such as an AVHCD one) that also gives,
> say, 4 megapixel stills. I suppose if you want a very small camera, and
> your main interest is still pictures, then a camera, such as the Canon
> PowerShot TX1 would be an ideal choice.
>
> But if your main interest is movies, then an AVHCD one that gives 4 mp
> stills may be the way to go. But as soon as the capacity of a memory card
> increases to the point where you can record, say, 2 hours of continuous
> high quality video, then the days of tapes, DVDs, and hard drives will
> surely be numbered.
>
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