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darxus ([personal profile] darxus) wrote2006-01-18 01:29 pm
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toys! new canon sd450 compact digital camera

It is the height and width of a credit card, 2.2cm thick, and takes 2592x1944 (5mp) pictures. Very sexy.

As a result, I should probably sell my Xacti C5 compact video camera, and find a way to trade my Sony Ericsson S710a cellphone for a black Motorola Razr.

Canon s200 (still)
Maybe 4 years ago I bought a Canon s200. I loved it, wore it every day (in a belt pouch). Someone was interested in buying a used one since they were impressed with how mine worked. I took the opportunity to upgrade.

Canon s45 (still)
I was initially thinking about staying in the same series, but decided to go with the larger s45 model instead to get more features. I never used the extra features, and I never carried it because it was too big, so it never got used. It got dropped the last time I moved and broke.

Sanyo Xacti VPC-C5 (video)
The lines between still and video cameras are blurring, and I felt a need to participate. The Xacti C5 is an incredible compact video camera - 640x480 @30fps for an hour on a 1gb sd card using MPEG4 (nice). It is also a good resolution still camera, but the quality of the stills has always bugged me, and I have done very little actual video recording.

To this day Canon's cameras use audio/video codecs that are agravatingly lame - "Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Monaural))". So they're just sticking a bunch of jpegs together and calling it a movie, and using an ancient bloated method of storing audio.

Sony Ericsson S710a (phone)
In september 2005 I noticed the existence of the new tinier camera size Canon put out, starting with the SD200. Very cute. But the resolution wasn't exciting. My 2 year Verizon contract ended and I wanted something more fun. I was torn between the Sony Ericsson S710a with the best camera in a phone, or getting a black Motorola Razr and the SD200. I got the S710a. 1280x960 is a respectable resolution, and the image quality is good - for a phone. But, it turns out, not enough to keep me happy as the only camera I regularly carry.

s450 (still)
I was in a Best Buy yesterday, and as always, I glanced at the still cameras on my way through. I saw the sd450. I noticed it was the same size as the teensy sd200. I looked it up, and got excited. Did a little research, and ordered it (I paid for fedex ground, I don't know why I got it the next day).

[identity profile] tisana.livejournal.com 2006-01-18 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
My bad...it's an S410. I have no idea if an SD410 exists, I guess I was assuming there was an A series and an SD series. Don't know what the letters even mean, though.

[identity profile] darxus.livejournal.com 2006-01-18 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The Sxxx series uses the older, larger, Compact Flash (CF) cards. The SDxxx series uses the newer, smaller, Secure Digital (SD) cards. The SD cameras are smaller. Make sure I show you my 1gb SD card. It's cute. Canon has stopped making the Sxxx (CF based) series. Huh, the S80 and S2 have even switched to SD cards. The G6 and Pro1, and I believe all DSLRs still use CF cards. Those and the A95 might be all that's left using CF.