Leon, I've tried several compact digicams although none of the Pentax Optios. The only ones that are working for me are the Fuji F30 and its stablemates (the F10, F11, etc) due to sensitivity. The F30 is the only camera in the class that has been able to return this kind of quality from ISO 800 captures:
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/20061021-sjfrww-bfast/ They're a little reddish in this rendering, but that's straight out of the camera, only resized for web page display. It also produces 30fps .AVI movie files, 640x480 resolution. Other specifics it's probably best to get from DPReview.com. Godfrey On Nov 1, 2006, at 6:05 AM, Leon Altoff wrote: > Hello all, > > I am currently looking at compact point and shoot digitals. > Specifically I am looking for one that can do movie clips in macro > mode > (or even super macro mode if it has it). > > It will also be used as a camera by my wife who has decided that > she no > longer wants to carry around an SLR. > > Of course I am looking at the Pentax range (as well as others), and > was > considering the Optio A20. does anyone out there have one of these > and > can tell me if it is possible to take movies in macro mode? Does > anyone > have any other suggestions for good compact point and shoot cameras? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
