Advice Needed: Sony Or Kodak

[Deegeetal Kamera]

I've been looking for a digital camera with the following features, I hope this FORUM can help me  :

1. At Least 5.0 MP
2. Memory Dependent Video Recording Function (640x480 Resolution, minimum of 10 FPS)
3. Can capture photo / shoot video and produce decent images on Lowlight / Dim lighted places.

At first I have the following brand choices: CANON, SONY, KODAK, HP & OLYMPUS.
I tried searching for products with the functions mentioned above. CANON & OLYMPUS have great features but their video recording feature is not memory-capacity dependent and is limited to a short period of time. HP Digicams with video recording function are memory-capacity dependent but can only record a maximum resolution of 320x240. That leaves me with SONY & KODAK.

I do have a budget of $600 (camera & storage) and I came out with the following SONY & KODAK Models:

1. Sony CyberShot DSC-P93 - 5.1 mp - $290
2. Sony DSC-P100 – 5.1 mp - $ 435
3. Kodak EasyShare LS753 – 5.0 mp - $370

I read a lot of positive feedbacks with SONY. When it comes to lowlight functionality, the Sony CyberShot DSC-P93 and the Sony DSC-P100 has high ratings.

There are lots of Positive Feedbacks on the Kodak EasyShare LS753 but I can hardly find someone giving feedback emphasis on the lowlight function.

SONY is great and has faster video recording function (640x480 at 30 fps compared to Kodak’s 640x480 at 13 FPS) but Memory sticks, especially PRO are expensive and have smaller capacities compared to SD cards. At this point I would like to pick the Kodak EasyShare LS753 because SD cards are much cheaper compared to Memory Stick Media but the only thing that is pulling me back is the lowlight function. I can hardly find reviews emphasizing its lowlight capabilities…

Thank You Very Much

[Rex914]

You are wrong about Canon. It records until the card is used up.

If movie mode is such a big deal to you, go for the Canon S2 IS. It has Canon's best movie mode and perhaps the best movie mode of any digital camera right now.

Why?

640 x 480 / 30 FPS with stereo
Can use zoom while filming

Name another camera that does that AND has 12x zoom AND still takes great pictures. None to my knowledge.

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