Which ultra-compact has the best video capabilities?

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Hi,

We have a baby girl so we're taking a lot of photos and video. I have
gottten a little lazy, though, and end up using my digital camera to take
movies because our video camera is pretty cumbersome.

I'm looking for an ultra-compact digital camera at least 5 mp that takes the
best video (or movies). Also important are battery life, good LCD, optical
viewfinder. One that allows you to zoom while shooting the movie would be
nice, too.

I'm also wondering if a type of movie is better. Most seem to do mpeg-4 but
I noticed one (Canon SD400) uses avi.

Suggestions?

TIA.

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I have both a Canon S2 IS and SD400 that I use for taking pictures of my
grandchildren. Both of these have very good video. The S2 IS is full stereo
sound, in addition. They are both very good. For a baby, the SD400 would do
fine. For the older kids, I need the zoom and image stabilizer for their
activities. So, take it from a Zaida, get the SD400, at least.

Bye.

"Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> We have a baby girl so we're taking a lot of photos and video. I have
> gottten a little lazy, though, and end up using my digital camera to take
> movies because our video camera is pretty cumbersome.
>
> I'm looking for an ultra-compact digital camera at least 5 mp that takes
> the best video (or movies). Also important are battery life, good LCD,
> optical viewfinder. One that allows you to zoom while shooting the movie
> would be nice, too.
>
> I'm also wondering if a type of movie is better. Most seem to do mpeg-4
> but I noticed one (Canon SD400) uses avi.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> TIA.
>

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"David Sommers" <dsommers@ACM.org> wrote in message
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>I have both a Canon S2 IS and SD400 that I use for taking pictures of my
>grandchildren. Both of these have very good video. The S2 IS is full stereo
>sound, in addition. They are both very good. For a baby, the SD400 would do
>fine. For the older kids, I need the zoom and image stabilizer for their
>activities. So, take it from a Zaida, get the SD400, at least.
>
> Bye.
>
> "Zen Cohen" <aturny@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:RjYze.127848$6g3.92938@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> We have a baby girl so we're taking a lot of photos and video. I have
>> gottten a little lazy, though, and end up using my digital camera to take
>> movies because our video camera is pretty cumbersome.
>>
>> I'm looking for an ultra-compact digital camera at least 5 mp that takes
>> the best video (or movies). Also important are battery life, good LCD,
>> optical viewfinder. One that allows you to zoom while shooting the movie
>> would be nice, too.
>>
>> I'm also wondering if a type of movie is better. Most seem to do mpeg-4
>> but I noticed one (Canon SD400) uses avi.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>
The Minolta Z2 takes great video. I'm sure their newer models are just as
good.
-Bill