movie zoom with A100IS? Can anyone confirm whether or not you can use the manual zoom while shooting in movie mode on the A1000?
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My sister got just this, I was testing the features, it does zoom while in recording mode.
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Cant be. Im not an apple user but i could do anything i did before, zoom, brighness, movies, timer. Its just glass over the lens. You just have to flip the lens over and adjust before you start ypur forward facing cam
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Dear. I put my camera under automatic shot and all is ok. When I put in scene mode to film some movies it works great, the image is HD, the collors are great, the quality is very very good, the sound is perfect, but monaural, it has one microphone inside, near the button shot. Maybe your camera needs some audio configurations. One disadvantage is when you select scene movies you dont have access to the ZOOM feature, you have to adjust zoom first. Good Luck
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Yes...... but is not designed for itOn movie mode the zoom is not smooth and the auto focus is noisy. Good for picturesGreat on a full sensor camera
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Thanks, John. Now if only I had pockets big enough both to purchase the S5 IS *and* to hold its bulk. :-/ So I guess I'm still wondering: Just what the heck IS the reason none of the pocket-size digi-cams seem to allow zooming in video mode? Too expensive? Too noisy? Simply not possible due to some technical constraint? If anyone has a good answer, I'd still like to know. Thanks for the good discussion so far...
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As far as I remember, there's a mode you can take a picture with a short video. Anyway you can play the video you take and print screen to get the image you need later. Yep, you can enable digital zoom in video mode.
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A "simple" Question:How do I go FULLl manual with my EOS XSi? I want to set the ISO, the shutter speed and the aperature.?I might even want to "Spot Meter" as well.
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no its doesnt. you dont want it anyway. it ruins the video because you hear the zoom motor in the video. thats why they usually dont enable it in cameras.
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Look up "canon chdk". It's a firmware that you load from your sd card. I'm getting optical zoom in my SD800IS, along with many other features, like shooting in raw, and control over shutter speed. For those cameras with aperture control (mine just has a NS filter), you can even adjust that.Still, I really like the looks of the SX1 coming out. I'm going to start saving for Christmas now.
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Sure, the TZ1 does it, but it won't be around forever and has, in most ways, been surpassed by the TZ3.So I guess what I meant by my first post was: Do any OTHERS, besides the TZ1, allow zooming while doing video?
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What are your expectations? I know one of the Fotodiox models mounts to an A35 camera and to old Canon FD mount glass. My A35 meters light through the FD lenses. You must focus and zoom manually just like on the old Canon AE-1. If you expect auto-focus, no, it will not work. Does the A100 have the same mount as an A35? Your old FD glass most likely have better optical quality than any new digital lenses until you get north of a $1000/lens.
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you can't expect to leave the camera on IA mode and have it do everything for you. Need to use manual modes to achieve the results that you want. Experiment with the manual modes and see what they do. Chances are in bright or low light situations your going to find that manual mode will get you the results you're looking for once you're familiar with the settings. Good Day mate.
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what about zooming in and out while video recording, I know you can do that with T700, but can you also do that with the T77?
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Short answer, yes. When in video mode auto focus, AF and AE are working. There is no manual focus. Even in camera mode there is no manual movement of the lens other than depressing the shutter button halfway. An additional note on video, when you zoom in there may be some changes in focus and the synchronization between focusing and zooming may cause momentary blurriness if the zoom is faster than the focus speed. You learn to avoid this. Also, keep in mind that your effective range of zoom in video is about half as much as camera because at some point you will be out of focus. There are always limits to what any lens system can. This last issue is not really important as you could not possibly hand hold the camera at max zoom in video to capture anything without excessive motion.
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Thank you for clarifying. The reviews on cnet.com indicate that one cannot zoom while filming - very confusing!
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Your responses have been very helpful! I have always used Sony cameras and when looking to upgrade to a good zoom, I find Sony does not have a date stamp on any of their higher end cameras :-( so I'm looking to Panasonic. My question to you is - will this Panasonic FZ18 do well when just set to automatic when used for zooming? I like GOOD pictures...but don't like fiddling with the camera and losing the "moment." Also, what is the difference between OPTICAL zoom and DIGITAL zoom? Thank you.
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yes just move the lens to zoom in and out....also http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=video .....,the free version works great