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New Canon TX-1 Looks Weird
Hi All,
In the new releases is the Powershot TX-1, a weird still camera that also shoot HD video: http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=896 Cheers, Wayne -- Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ |
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New Canon TX-1 Looks Weird
"Wayne J. Cosshall" writes:
In the new releases is the Powershot TX-1, a weird still camera that also shoot HD video: It has a bunch of really stupid limitations, such as max 13 minute movie clips (4GB) and max 1.5 hour audio (1GB), even though it takes SDHC cards (8GB cards are already available with 16GB coming). Plus it has a tiny sensor with too many pixels, and looks like it uses an internal lithium battery that's both proprietary and runtime-limiting. It's an indication of what's coming, though. Maybe they'll make an AA version sometime. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022203canontx1.asp |
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Paul Rubin wrote:
"Wayne J. Cosshall" writes: In the new releases is the Powershot TX-1, a weird still camera that also shoot HD video: It has a bunch of really stupid limitations, such as max 13 minute movie clips (4GB) and max 1.5 hour audio (1GB), even though it takes SDHC cards (8GB cards are already available with 16GB coming). Plus it has a tiny sensor with too many pixels, and looks like it uses an internal lithium battery that's both proprietary and runtime-limiting. It's an indication of what's coming, though. Maybe they'll make an AA version sometime. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022203canontx1.asp Yes, there is definitely going to be a merger of at least some types of still camera and video. Both will likely still exist separately for a long time, but I can see a growing segment of crossover cameras. Why have two when one will do it all, I am sure, will be the marketing motto. Cheers, Wayne -- Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ |
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"Wayne J. Cosshall" writes:
Yes, there is definitely going to be a merger of at least some types of still camera and video. Both will likely still exist separately for a long time, but I can see a growing segment of crossover cameras. Why have two when one will do it all, I am sure, will be the marketing motto. I used to be very opposed to that but I'm sort of ok with it now. However, this TX-1 seems to me to do a lousy job, for the reasons I mentioned. Basically I'd rather have a gadget that does one thing well than two things badly. And yikes, it seems to have no external mic input! I wonder how the TX-1's audio quality is. I've shot some video clips with my A530 and it's kind of fun, but the A530's audio is terrible. |
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Paul Rubin wrote:
"Wayne J. Cosshall" writes: Yes, there is definitely going to be a merger of at least some types of still camera and video. Both will likely still exist separately for a long time, but I can see a growing segment of crossover cameras. Why have two when one will do it all, I am sure, will be the marketing motto. I used to be very opposed to that but I'm sort of ok with it now. However, this TX-1 seems to me to do a lousy job, for the reasons I mentioned. Basically I'd rather have a gadget that does one thing well than two things badly. And yikes, it seems to have no external mic input! I wonder how the TX-1's audio quality is. I've shot some video clips with my A530 and it's kind of fun, but the A530's audio is terrible. Agreed. In theory it should be possible to make a camera that is good at both, but I think it is a long way till we get there, if ever in practice. That said, because I tend to mostly take a still camera with me (well usually two, my IR body and the normal one) I have had occasions when some decent video capability would have been nice. On the other hand if I could only get my wife to carry the video camera, I'd be set Cheers, Wayne -- Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ |
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"Wayne J. Cosshall" writes:
Agreed. In theory it should be possible to make a camera that is good at both [stills and video], but I think it is a long way till we get there, if ever in practice. Maybe the requirements are different. I'm never going to shoot a feature film with a pocket sized camera, and I'm not going to pixel peep video frames. So I'm ok with VGA resolution for video in a pocket camera. On the other hand I'm always after more and more low light performance. They are using a 1/2.5" sensor in that TX-1, so if they went for making it a pure video camera, at 640x480 that would give around 9 micron pixels, beating all current DSLR's for pixel size. With a 640x480 APS-C sensor (not so expensive any more, due to mass market consumer DSLR's) they could beat even professional video cameras. They just don't dare to make the resolution that low. |
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New Canon TX-1 Looks Weird
"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message ... On the other hand if I could only get my wife to carry the video camera, I'd be set Now that's a serious admission of failure on your part :-) MrT. |
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New Canon TX-1 Looks Weird
Wayne J. Cosshall wrote:
Paul Rubin wrote: "Wayne J. Cosshall" writes: In the new releases is the Powershot TX-1, a weird still camera that also shoot HD video: It has a bunch of really stupid limitations, such as max 13 minute movie clips (4GB) and max 1.5 hour audio (1GB), even though it takes SDHC cards (8GB cards are already available with 16GB coming). Plus it has a tiny sensor with too many pixels, and looks like it uses an internal lithium battery that's both proprietary and runtime-limiting. It's an indication of what's coming, though. Maybe they'll make an AA version sometime. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022203canontx1.asp Yes, there is definitely going to be a merger of at least some types of still camera and video. Both will likely still exist separately for a long time, but I can see a growing segment of crossover cameras. Why have two when one will do it all, I am sure, will be the marketing motto. I'm not into shooting lots of video, but I did choose to leave the camcorder at home when I traveled to and worked in Ukraine last summer. I decided that the 30fps VGA video of my little pocket camera was enough for me, since I primarily shoot stills (5D). As it turned out, I actually figure I shot MORE video with it than I would have with my camcorder, simply because I could slip the tiny SD700IS into a pocket, where the camcorder would never have come along anyway. It's not as good as "real" video, but it was very usable for my purposes. There are plenty of folks who are tired of lugging around even the smaller tape-driven video cameras. -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by MarkČ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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New Canon TX-1 Looks Weird
"MarkČ" mjmorgan(lowest even number writes:
As it turned out, I actually figure I shot MORE video with it than I would have with my camcorder, simply because I could slip the tiny SD700IS into a pocket, where the camcorder would never have come along anyway. It's not as good as "real" video, but it was very usable for my purposes. There are plenty of folks who are tired of lugging around even the smaller tape-driven video cameras. -- Right, so why not make a "real" video camera that size, with video performance comparable to fairly high end consumer camcorders, if all it takes is slightly different electronics inside, plus ditching the ability to shoot high-resolution stills? The 1/1.8" CCD should be at least comparable to the 3x 1/6" CCD's in the current Sony/Pana/whatever lineup. You can always stick yet another digicam in your pocket if you want to also shoot stills. |
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New Canon TX-1 Looks Weird
Paul Rubin wrote:
"MarkČ" mjmorgan(lowest even number writes: As it turned out, I actually figure I shot MORE video with it than I would have with my camcorder, simply because I could slip the tiny SD700IS into a pocket, where the camcorder would never have come along anyway. It's not as good as "real" video, but it was very usable for my purposes. There are plenty of folks who are tired of lugging around even the smaller tape-driven video cameras. -- Right, so why not make a "real" video camera that size, with video performance comparable to fairly high end consumer camcorders, if all it takes is slightly different electronics inside, plus ditching the ability to shoot high-resolution stills? The 1/1.8" CCD should be at least comparable to the 3x 1/6" CCD's in the current Sony/Pana/whatever lineup. You can always stick yet another digicam in your pocket if you want to also shoot stills. Probably has to do with the huge amount of memory required to store high-def video. The Canon can only do 13 minutes(!) on 4GB, or so I was told... -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by MarkČ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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