if you remember a previous post i made i was ging to get a digi cam for my bday either fuji 4800z as i had one already but stolen or a canon ixus v3 because ppl said it was a good camerca. now my mum says she may consider getting a digi camcorder? are they worth it. we would want one that does still pictures as well. so far i have found this one: Canon MV500i DV Camcorder some features: 18x Optical Zoom / 360x Digital Zoom 1/6 CCD 540K 2.5 Colour LCD screen / colour viewfinder Electronic Image Stabiliser Night Mode 7 Programmed Auto Exposure Modes Audio Dubbing DV out / DV In (IEEE1394 compatible) Analogue In Analogue – Digital Converter Manual Focus Built In Charger advice appreciated thanx
For still work they're not good, because the resolution is so low (between 640x480 and 800x600). Electronic image stabilisers are a very poor substitute for optical IS, as digital zooms are a very poor substitute for optical zoom. The size of the CCD means that the lens will never be particularly sharp. In short, it will be fine for home video, but for stills it will be intensely lacking.
so prob better to go for a decent digi cam with movie mode facility-my finepix movie mode was quite good -obviosuly not out standing but good enough for me, and the ixus is prob better EDIT-le me find somewhere to host one of y short films EDIT-already had one-small 1.6Mb vid of me on a snowboard http://www.geocities.com/dbappa/DSCF0168.AVI
It depends on your priority. If your priority is video then get the video cam. If your priority is stills, get a still cam. The Ixus V3's new DIGIC chip means it can record much longer movie clips than most still digicams.
ahhhh so many decisions-i really dunno wht to get-im leaning towards the ixus as its cheaper than a camcorder and does movies? how long is longer-my finepix did a 1-3 mins i think.
The Ixus V3 will do up to 3 minutes with an appropriately fast CF card. The fuji will do 80 second maximum.
quite a difference-so will prob need at least a 64Mb cf card? EDIT-now selling ixuz v3 for £329 which aint bad and 256Mb cf card for £60 (viking) or £85 (kodak)-so will prob get 128Mb as it cant be much-ne cf cards better than others?
Viking, Transcend, Ridata, Sandisk and Lexar are good. £60 for a 256MB Viking is a good deal. You won't regret having the larger card, especially if you are going to do movies, or using a larger than 2MP camera.
ive found with my digi camcorder that the picture is very sharp and good quality when playing and stills can be blown up to monitor size (as a background) and still look quite sharp. ive got a sony and its very nice. but it still doesnt even compare with my little fuji finepix. (which is extremely good for the money)
Depends on your definition of sharp really. I'm getting more and more annoyed with my Nikon Coolpix 700 because it isn't capable of producing as sharp an image as my 35mm camera gear. Consequently I want to replace the nikon with a canon digital SLR body and use my SLR lenses on it, because then I can actually have the control and lenses to produce a truly sharp image. The coolpix will absolutely destroy any DV camera at producing a still image though.
