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Gear / Technical Help => Photo / Video Recording => Topic started by: beatkilla on October 14, 2010, 01:40:13 PM
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Was checking these small point and shoot cams and this looks to be the best for under $450.Has 35x optical zoom,14.5 megapixel stills.And a CCD sensor.Way better for video than the Zoom q3 hd.Which has 4x digital zoom which is useless.I might snag one actually.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/734782-REG/Canon_4344B001_PowerShot_SX30_IS_Digital.html
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I own the SX20, it is a really neat camera. Almost DSLR quality, ease of use is point-n-shoot.... I wouldn't recomend for indoor concert shots though...
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Wow, I'm more interested in it for video...I wonder how it compares to the ZS3...
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Hmmm...
35x optical sounds too good to be true on a less-than-$500 point and shoot.
Even cams going for $1500+ don't have more than 16x optical (as far as I am aware).
But I'll check it out.
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I suspect images and video are pretty grainy and its too big (for me)
unless you use a tripod or steady it somehow- who can shot steady video at 35X?
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think there's a limit on movie recording duration. 21 minutes or so?
so concerts wouldnt be a good place to use it
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i'm no pro,but I think it's a great camera.i have shot 700 gigs of video since oct. 2010.the sound is good,for most shows I use the manual setting.set at the lowest input setting.the video quality is very good even in low light
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^mer...........lin