On Tuesday 19 November 2002 23:04, Brad Dobo wrote: > > Hey Chris, > > Well, have you seen the results? At 15 frames per seconds it isn't exactly > fun to watch, and indoors as in your example...yick. 30 seconds is all ya > got kids, move fast! Then you move fast at 15 frames per second and what > do you get, nothing. Plus it's avi, not small enough if you want small. > Anyhow, a video that shows Uncle Pete and your 5 year old son opening a > present that you can't make out, see the faces, nor the whoops of > excitement from the kids. Digital cameras should stick to what they are > good at, stills. It's like taking my same camcorder, hitting the photo > button a few times to a Sony memory stick, put it on your computer and you > have a wonderfully lousy 640x480 cap that is sadly lacking, so camcorders > should stick to what they are good at, moving pictures! I take the > camcorder, film it with audio and quality, transfer via a dv card, quick > edits in Adobe Premier, use a Panasonic plug-in for mpeg, and viola! A > smooth clear picture with superb colour and audio, and it's small. Throw > it onto my ftp, and they can download to their hearts content. Do it > enough, it takes no time at all, even toss some effects in and titles! > > The movie modes are just too poor to use, at least with the Optios. And > the photo features are just too poor to use on camcorders. > > Regards, > > Brad.
Brad; I have a blast with the cheezy video feature on my 330. Maybe because I wasn't expecting much and get what I want from it: Goofy, choppy 30 second videos without sound from a tiny little still camera. I bought a still camera with a goofy video function. If I want to play Janus Kaminski, I'll buy a real video camera. My 6 year old daughter loves it too. I must say that with each day of use I am more and more impressed by the optio. Christian
