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Posted by Michael Johnson on 06/26/07 15:02
Moviemaker wrote:
> I have been trying out the new Sony Cybershot DSC-W200, and I like this
> little camera and its sharp 12 mp stills. The movies, when taken at the
> highest resolution (VX Fine 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second) are also
> pretty good, given the tiny size of the camera.
>
> I was told by the sales person that you can use the zoom feature when making
> movies with this camera. However, I have found that I can't actually zoom in
> and out while the camera is recording movies. I can select, BEFORE
> recording, either a wide angle, standard, or telephoto view, and take movies
> at these different scales. But it won't zoom in and out while recording. Can
> anyone tell me please whether this is a common limitation of movies taken on
> digital "still" cameras, or do some models allow you to zoom in and out
> while recording?
The overwhelming majority of P&S cameras have this limitation when
recording video. The only ones that I know of that doesn't is Canon's
S3, possibly the S5 and TX1.
> Another unexpected movie limitation is that the Sony W200 limits the size of
> movie files to 2GB, after which the camera stops recording automatically. At
> the highest resolution, a 2GB movie file would take about 25 minutes to
> record. Is this a common movie limitation with small digital cameras of this
> type? I was told that movies are only limited in size to the capacity of the
> memory stick, but this isn't the case with the W200.
If Sony says the W200 supports memory cards up to 2 gig then they are
technically right about the video only being limited by the size of
memory card. I agree though that this is misleading to most buyers.
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