Hey all,
Wanted to get people's thoughts on cameras. Figured people might have used some of the ones on the market. For waterproof ones, there are really only four current ones (that I know of.)
Olympus 770
Pros: compact, waterproof 33ft, freezeproof, crushproof
Cons: Not great macro, not great night shooting, expensive card,
expensive battery, xD picture card, 15fps movie max
Olympus 790
Pros: compact, 640x480/30fps movie, waterproof 10ft, freezeproof
Cons: Not great macro, not great night shooting, expensive card,
expensive battery, xD picture card
Pentax W30
Pros: compact, inexpensive memory (SD), inexpensive battery, good
macro, decent zoom, 640x480/30fps
Cons: Not great night shooting, quicktime movies; maybe doesn't
do 640x480/30fps (specs are hard to read)
Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 waterproof camcorder
Pros: 640x480/30fps with sound, inexpensive memory (SD), takes
6mp still shots as well
Con: Water damage not covered under warranty, a little larger than
cameras, reviews say buttons are hard to use
Don't know if pro or con: mpeg-4 format, don't know quality of
still shots.
So, I'm looking at upgrading my camera, and would love to get something that does both still shots as well as quality video. Am looking at doing an upcoming video project, and feel the video is very important. Has anyone used any of these cameras/camcorders? If so, thoughts? Picture quality? Low light performance? Video quality? Sound quality with video? Issues/good stories with warranties? Can you zoom in/out while shooting video?
Thanks for any info!
A.J.