My wife has the A10. It is quite nice. Along with mpeg4 encoding (43 minutes/gig) you can zoom while recording. It also has anti-shake that is active during the recording process. It really helps smooth out the jiggles. We are very happy with it and at just about the same size as the original Optio S, it is very compact.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, September 5, 2006, 5:43:19 PM, you wrote: SL> I just checked the Optio 750z. At 640x480 and 30FPS, a 1GB card SL> provides 15 minutes and 24 seconds of video. It's in Quicktime (MOV) SL> format. I don't think I'd recommend this camera if you're going to be SL> taking a lot of video. In addition to the short record time, you have SL> to hold down the shutter release while you are making your movie. SL> It's very awkward. SL> On 9/5/06, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello Collin, >> >> If you get a camera that will do mpeg4 encoding, you can usually get >> about 40 minutes of video on a 1gb card. That would be at 640X480 and >> 30 fps. Shooting at 15 fps can be quite jerky looking. >> >> So my recommendation would be to look for those specs. There a >> several cameras out there that can do that, including the Pentax Optio >> MX's and at least the newer A10. Some other cameras are encoding to >> mpeg2 and I think you get about half as much video time out of them >> for the same megabytes. >> >> I would just go look on www.dpreview.com and read the specs of a bunch >> of cameras and look for those capabilities. I'm sure there will be a >> bunch of choices that would suit your needs. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Tuesday, September 5, 2006, 5:00:22 PM, you wrote: >> >> >> >>What you didn't specify was the video image size and the frame rate. >> >>Nor did you indicate the size of storage card you would use for the 20 >> >>minutes. Is audio quality an issue? Do you want to be able to zoom >> >>while videoing? What about anti-shake? >> >> >> >>Having delved into the P&S video aspect a bit, those questions need >> CRB> to be answered. >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Best regards, >> >>Bruce >> >> CRB> Thanks for the additional thoughts. I'd not considered them. >> CRB> I really don't know what size of card would be required for 20+ >> CRB> minutes of video. >> CRB> I'm assuming a 1 or 2 gig would be adequate, but someone can correct >> CRB> me on that. >> CRB> Frame rate would need to be 15 or so. >> CRB> Audio quality is not an issue. This is for practice rather than >> presentation. >> CRB> It will be stationary so zoom while shooting is not critical. >> >> >> >> CRB> Sincerely, >> >> CRB> Collin Brendemuehl >> CRB> http://www.brendemuehl.net >> CRB> http://evangelicalperspective.blogspot.com >> >> CRB> "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot >> lose" >> CRB> -- Jim Elliott >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> SL> -- SL> Scott Loveless SL> http://www.twosixteen.com SL> Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
