[geeks] digicam envy

[Kurt Huhn]

Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> 
> Too bad that little thing can't write it's pictures out to a USB
> keychain.  But, small ram doesn't bother me too much.  Neither does no
> flash (I hate flash).  I don't know about no zoom though...  The
> pictures need to be sharp though, which my camera (with CF slot,
> optical zoom, and flash) never manages to do.
> 

What brand/model is your camera - so I know what to avoid.  My current camera
is a Panasonic KXL-600A.  I wouldn't suggest this POS to anyone.  640x480 max
resolution, no flash, craptacular color, horrid speed, nasty artifacts in
bright light, toggle-switch focus (yep - near, mid, far) that never works
right, poor formfactor.  It does, however, use CF - so I can use the CF card
for other stuff when I need to.

> Speaking of writing out, a new DV camera, the Canon XL1S allows you to
> hook firewire harddrives directly to it, then it will record to them
> instead of the DV tapes.
> 

That is way cool!  Dang, but ain't that awesome.  I wonder how much video a
80GB drive could hold.  I also wonder when we'll see Irix support firewire
drives...

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