On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:12:48 -0600, William Robb wrote: >> Considering that the istD costs more than 3 times what an Optio-S does I'd >> expect at least the same functionality. > >I suspect Pentax rightfully feels that the market for a digital SLR isn't >going to want to make low resolution video with it. It is targeted to a >different market. >This is in addition to the rather extreme technical difficulties of making >an SLR usable for continuous video recording.
A point and shoot digital uses the image sensor for it's focusing, my *istD (Currently up to 28 test photos to see how it all works) uses a highly accurate sensor which is not accessible when it's actually taking the picture. So you would have to build a secondary focusing mechanism to focus during video. Besides I hate the way people hold digital point and shoots a foot and a half away from them to from and take pictures, I think it looks rediculous! >If you want to shoot video, buy a video camera. Hear hear!!! Off to take a whole lot more pictures using different white balances. Tomorrow I have Bianca willing to model for me to test out the finer points of the *ist D. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
