Then comes the part which really pisses me off: Panasonic has crippled the camera so that you can't use zoom or focus functions while recording video. Now, I know this is not a camcorder. I don't expect it to record good quality video - just something casual once in a while. However, maybe I'm gullible, but I do not fucking expect Panasonic to maliciously lock me out of basic camera controls when recording.
They lock you out because the results would look terrible if they didn't. So I guess it's a marketing reason, but it's a good one.
The optics on cheap zoom digicams move in a jerky and noisy fashion. Optics that aren't are significantly larger and/or more expensive.
It's a significant marketing bullet point when they do allow you to zoom during video on a digicam. Of the current Canon digicam's, only the S5 IS has smooth optics to provide that capability.
Bryan _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
