Video quality of Canon SD300?

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Along with many other things about the SD300, I was impressed to see
640x480 video with 30 fps and (especially on a Canon) unlimited clip
duration. Does anyone have much experience with the video capture
feature of this camera who could give me an idea of how well it performs
in this regard?
I've had some cameras that could only produce video that was
unacceptably dark, or with excessively fuzzy audio.
I'm not buying it for the video, but it's a great bonus if does a
good job of this.

Thanks,

J.S.

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How long you can capture video? until the memory is full?


On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:32:01 -0600, Curt Bousquet
<NNTP@scanline.com.nospam> wrote:

>Jorl Shefner <v451v@yahoo.com> wrote let it be known in
>news:36fdp9F523l7lU1@individual.net:
>
>> Along with many other things about the SD300, I was
>> impressed to see
>> 640x480 video with 30 fps and (especially on a Canon)
>> unlimited clip duration. Does anyone have much experience
>> with the video capture feature of this camera who could
>> give me an idea of how well it performs in this regard?
>> I've had some cameras that could only produce video that
>> was
>> unacceptably dark, or with excessively fuzzy audio.
>> I'm not buying it for the video, but it's a great bonus
>> if does a
>> good job of this.
>
>I've had an SD300 for about a month now and have used the
>video feature quite a bit.
>
>First, the audio capture is pretty damn good. The sound comes
>out crisp and clear and the pickup is impressive. Last
>weekend, I was getting a video of two people speaking about
>50' from me and it picked up their voices!
>
>The video appears to be the same quality as the still images.
>Fairly sharp. The files it creates are pretty large (about
>1.7MB/second of video) so you'll need to use the included
>software to convert them to another format if you want to
>email them or anything. For instance, I was able to make an
>80MB .avi file into a 7MB windows media (.wmv) movie.
>
>A few things to consider: It will NOT change focus as you
>'film'. Once you press the shutter release button, focus is
>locked for the entire video. Other than that, and a tendancy
>to show VERY strong verticle streaks when a bright light
>source is in-frame, I've been pleased with the results from
>such a small handy camera.
>
>From what I read before I bought it, you need a 'high speed'
>SD card if you want to do continuous movies or high frame-rate
>shooting. I use a Sandisk 512MB Ultra II card and can get 4.5
>minutes of video on it!
>
>Conclusion: I dind't buy it for the video capabilities either,
>but from what I've seen, I've been impressed!

D Cheung
http://www.opaltonsolutions.com