A friend wants to start videoblogging and her requirements are these: 1. a camera w/a very easy UI for a new videoblogger
2. not too costly 3. not totally fragile She also owns a Mac. At first I was thinking about a Canon SD camera, possibly the new Canon PowerShot SD1000, or a little Canon PowerShot SD40, but just saw that the new Sanyo Xacti supports H.264... Have you seen this? Here are some details I just found: http://www.digitaltechnews.com/news/2007/03/sanyo_xacti_dmx.html "Sanyo Xacti DMX-CG65 H.264 Video Camera Sanyo_xacti_dmxcg65 The SANYO Xacti HD2 High-Definition digital video camera is at the top of Sanyo's palm-fitting Xacti video camera product line, but for those who don't require HD quality video, the new Sanyo Xacti DMX- CG65 H.264 video camera might be a good choice. The new Xacti supports H.264, MPEG-4 video, and the camera has 18MB of internal memory, and up to ISO 1600 sensitivity. The 6-Megapixel camera with 5x optical zoom lens takes photos and VGA videos at 30fps. The Xacti DMX-CG65 has the familiar 2.5-inch LCD and pistol style grip for one handed use. A 8GB SDHC flash memory card can capture about 10 hours of video." PRESS RELEASE http://tinyurl.com/2nsjpj SANYO FEATURES WEB PAGE http://www.sanyodigital.com/video_cameras/CG65/features.html I also heard about the Casio Exilim Hi-Zoom EX-V7 which also supports H.264 MPEG4 video. You'll be able to get a lot more video on a memory card with this codec and you can edit directly in iMovie... What do you think about these new cameras that have H.264 support? Thanks, --Steve -- -- Steve Garfield http://SteveGarfield.com
