Question about Panasonic Lumix TS1

[TechieJustin]

The video. Are there any limits other than the space on the SD card?
I realize one should bring a camcorder if you're expecting to do video, but sometimes that isn't an option and one needs something compact.

If I start recording will it fill up the SD card or quit after ten minutes like Sony?
Or like Olympus and not using a Olympus card - will it stop after ten SECONDS? :mad:

(My 1050SW is on eBay for that reason)

[David Metsky]

I suspect it has the same limitations as the video mode on the ZS3. From the review:

If you're using AVCHD, you can choose from three video quality settings: super high, high, and low. The only thing that's changing here is the bit rate -- the resolution and frame rate remain the same. You can keep recording a clip until your memory card fills up, too. You can fit 30 minutes of SHQ continuous video onto a 4GB memory card (high speed cards are strongly recommended). Sound is recorded using something called Dolby Digital Stereo Creator. I should point out that while the movies play back at 60 frames/second, it's not really 60 fps, since the camera only outputs 30 frames/sec. In other words, it shows each frame twice per second (thanks Nicholas for pointing this out).

and

If you don't want to deal with any of that, then you can always use the "old" Motion JPEG codec. You can record at 1280 x 720, 848 x 480, 640 x 480, or 320 x 240, all at 30 frames/second. There's a 2GB file size limit though, and you'll reach that in 8 minutes at the 720p resolution. At 848 x 480 and 640 x 480, the limit arrives after 16 and 19 minutes, respectively.

[TechieJustin]

Interesting. I like the water proof-ness of the Panasonic but I like the Canon SD880....

Decisions decisions.

Does Panasonic have any older Waterproof models?