s1 movie mode...is it the best? [Archive] - Digital Camera Resource Page Forums

sduser5025

01-04-2005, 11:48 AM

ive been looking for a dc that can record video at a minimum of 640 x 480 at 30 frames/second. so far the S1 is the best that i have found.... im willing to pay the extra money for a 1gb card. Does anyone else have any other cameras that compare or maybe have a better resolution in movie mode?
I checked out the sony T1 but the video quality isnt near the s1 even though the specs are the same for the vga quality. thanks for the help!

Rhys

01-04-2005, 12:12 PM

ive been looking for a dc that can record video at a minimum of 640 x 480 at 30 frames/second. so far the S1 is the best that i have found.... im willing to pay the extra money for a 1gb card. Does anyone else have any other cameras that compare or maybe have a better resolution in movie mode?
I checked out the sony T1 but the video quality isnt near the s1 even though the specs are the same for the vga quality. thanks for the help!

Jeff reviewed a Minolta, a while ago, that had an 800 x 600 movie mode. Again, 30fps, with sound.

sduser5025

01-04-2005, 12:48 PM

thanks for the tip - i checked it out in the review. the 800x600 is 15fps which is a little to slow...although, it does jump down in resolution at 640x480 which increases the frame rate to 30fps, the camera still doesnt match up to the canon s1 overall.

Waste_of_MP

01-14-2005, 03:06 PM

The S1 IS allows you to zoom and changes apeture and other settings DURING a video, whickI don't think ANY other camera does. And I've looked. The S1 is the best for videos.

ernieb

01-17-2005, 01:27 PM

I just bought a Minolta Z3; haven't used Movie mode much, but I do know it has 640x480 @30 fps, and you can use the 12x optical zoom during movie recording. However, I can't recommend this cam for quality still pics. Based on other reviews, Canon S1 IS definately takes better stills and probably better video too.

What little I have used the Z3's video though, I like it very well.

Newbie

01-17-2005, 03:24 PM

Also, the sound of the S1 is in 16bit compared to 8bit for other cameras... Of course, it can't compare to a mini DV tho, so if your main purpose is for videos, for a mini DV.