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Help! Can't find a camera!
I spent 8 hours scouring through reviews and spec. charts trying to
find a camera I like to no avail. Here's my wish list; can anyone find a match? 1. under $250 2. quality video with sound, 640x480 @ 30fps w/decent compression, MPEG4 would be nice. 3. super macro 4. at least 35mm equiv. on the wide side 5. low noise at ISO400 and below 6. SD/MMC (not mandatory) 7. Powered by AA batteries (and decent battery life with 2500mAh) (not mandatory) 8. SMALL 9. Decent optical zoom with ability to zoom in video mode 10. 2" 100k pixel versatile LCD 11. plenty of control and creativity options Closest I can find is a Cannon A610, but it doesn't support zoom while in video mode, and it has lousy video compression. |
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Help! Can't find a camera!
The AA-battery thing is going to be your big limitation. I sorta like
the Pentax Optio S40 (now the S60) for its compactness and use of AAs or CRV3 lithium batteries that last a long time. But the camera's not perfect. Look at a Kodak V550; it uses a proprietary battery but otherwise meets your criteria. Both are under $250 if you shop around a bit. -CD |
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Help! Can't find a camera!
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oups.com... I spent 8 hours scouring through reviews and spec. charts trying to find a camera I like to no avail. Here's my wish list; can anyone find a match? 1. under $250 2. quality video with sound, 640x480 @ 30fps w/decent compression, MPEG4 would be nice. 3. super macro 4. at least 35mm equiv. on the wide side 5. low noise at ISO400 and below 6. SD/MMC (not mandatory) 7. Powered by AA batteries (and decent battery life with 2500mAh) (not mandatory) 8. SMALL 9. Decent optical zoom with ability to zoom in video mode 10. 2" 100k pixel versatile LCD 11. plenty of control and creativity options Closest I can find is a Cannon A610, but it doesn't support zoom while in video mode, and it has lousy video compression. Not sure what you mean about the video compression on the A610. It seems to be very good to me. Sound could be better though. Battery life is incredible. It last so long on alkalines, I don't even bother with rechargables because they would need recharged every month or so. John |
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