From: Randal L. Schwartz on
>>>>> "ransley" == ransley <Mark_Ransley(a)Yahoo.com> writes:

ransley> Maybe next year. I dont know of any yet in your price range you will
ransley> be happy with, a Canon Rebel does 1080p but only at 20 frames a
ransley> minute. The 5 D does it for near 3000.00 tax included at a good frame
ransley> rate.

My Canon 7D does 1080p at 30 or 24 frames per second (my choice) until the 4GB
boundary is hit (stupid MSDOS FAT filesystem), which means about 12 minutes
per take. And it's a bit cheaper than the 5D. :)

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From: Better Info on
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:43:17 GMT, James Egan <jegan473(a)comcast.net> wrote:

>I have a digital camera which takes 720p video, which looks pretty good.
>I'm interested in one which can take 1080p HD video, that's hopefully
>under $700. Any recommendations or useful information would be much
>appreciated.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonSX1IS/page10.asp

From: George Kerby on



On 11/24/09 6:20 AM, in article
8e670536-4861-4938-81af-0ff7e3011449(a)p32g2000vbi.googlegroups.com, "ransley"
<Mark_Ransley(a)Yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Nov 23, 9:43�pm, James Egan <jegan...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>> I have a digital camera which takes 720p video, which looks pretty good. �
>> I'm interested in one which can take 1080p HD video, that's hopefully
>> under $700. �Any recommendations or useful information would be much
>> appreciated.
>
> Maybe next year. I dont know of any yet in your price range you will
> be happy with, a Canon Rebel does 1080p but only at 20 frames a
> minute.

???? Keystone Kops?

From: James Egan on
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:19:45 -0600, Better Info wrote:

>
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonSX1IS/page10.asp


Thanks, that's definitely a contender.
From: Fred McKenzie on
In article <867htf4yef.fsf(a)blue.stonehenge.com>,
merlyn(a)stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote:

> My Canon 7D does 1080p at 30 or 24 frames per second (my choice) until the 4GB
> boundary is hit (stupid MSDOS FAT filesystem), which means about 12 minutes
> per take.

Randal-

I understood the rationale for a 4GB limit, was that was how much would
fit on a DVD. I wonder if the DVD limit was based on the FAT Filesystem?

Fred