My next camera

[sklco]

To Canon,
My A20 is a great camera. I love it!

My next (hopefully Canon) camera will be/have: 3 to 4 Mpixel, at least 5x optical zoom, Jpeg 2000 storage format default, hotshoe mount for external flash (or at least an external flash trigger output), Hi speed USB2 connection.

C'mon Canon, how long will I have to wait for these no-brainer features in a package about the size of the A70?

Signed - Can't wait to buy my next camera!

[sklco]

Oh yeah,
An OLED display wouldn't hurt either!

[steal_your_face]

does the new A80 have those features?

[Ikinaa]

sklco wrote:
To Canon,
My A20 is a great camera. I love it!

My next (hopefully Canon) camera will be/have: 3 to 4 Mpixel, at least 5x optical zoom, Jpeg 2000 storage format default, hotshoe mount for external flash (or at least an external flash trigger output), Hi speed USB2 connection.

C'mon Canon, how long will I have to wait for these no-brainer features in a package about the size of the A70?

Signed - Can't wait to buy my next camera!

ok for the zoom, more mpix would be better, but why JPEG2000 (what is the difference with JPEG, sorry for my ignorance).
And why USB2 (i bought an ixus 300 2 years ago, never used usb, a G3 4 months ago, never used USB, always a card reader, but that's me...)
Anyone prefers USB on the camera to an external card reader? Why?

[phidong]

sklco wrote:
Anyone prefers USB on the camera to an external card reader? Why?


I don't think its that people PREFER it, rather its readily available (it comes with the camera). The advantages of on-camera USB is that you can do more than just transfer pictures, you can use Remote Capture for example. The program that transfers the images that comes w/ Canons will also put them into folders by shooting date (or other if you prefer) which is nice for me because I like to keep organized. Also, the camera already has this built in and it comes w/ the cord .. so why not?

The downside is that its a bit slow and if you shoot multiple CF cards on your outings, you will have to transfer them one at a time.. (insert, trans, remove, trans, then format/delete the cards). So the external card reader has its advantages.

[Ikinaa]

phidong wrote:
sklco wrote:
Anyone prefers USB on the camera to an external card reader? Why?


I don't think its that people PREFER it, rather its readily available (it comes with the camera). The advantages of on-camera USB is that you can do more than just transfer pictures, you can use Remote Capture for example. The program that transfers the images that comes w/ Canons will also put them into folders by shooting date (or other if you prefer) which is nice for me because I like to keep organized. Also, the camera already has this built in and it comes w/ the cord .. so why not?

The downside is that its a bit slow and if you shoot multiple CF cards on your outings, you will have to transfer them one at a time.. (insert, trans, remove, trans, then format/delete the cards). So the external card reader has its advantages.

Ok... I see... it really depends on what you do with the cam. I don't use remote capture (don't have a laptop, and to put the desktop and the screen in a backpack + the batteries is a bit heavy :D )
As for organising, I wrote myself a small tool to rename the files using information stored in the exif-part of the pic, a tool I can model every time I need a new feature so it does exactly what I want.

[steal_your_face]

As for organising, I wrote myself a small tool to rename the files using information stored in the exif-part of the pic, a tool I can model every time I need a new feature so it does exactly what I want.

care to share the wealth on that :)

[Ikinaa]

steal_your_face wrote:
As for organising, I wrote myself a small tool to rename the files using information stored in the exif-part of the pic, a tool I can model every time I need a new feature so it does exactly what I want.

care to share the wealth on that :)

Would have no problem sharing it... but has no installer, no help file, no nice design, no support (only open ear for modifications :D ) but what the heck...
here it is :
http://ikinaa.e-lentz.net/exif_rename.exe
example of file_name : %yr%mt%dy_%hr%mi%sc_%fn
%yr = year, %mt = month, %dy = day, %hr = hour, %mi = minute, %sc = second, %fn = original filename

preview does not work
stores last file-name-templates in an ini-file with the proggy

[sklco]

No, the A80 is still a 3x zoom and USB1. It does not have an OLED display.

I prefer not to bother with a card reader. The file transfer from the camera is convenient, just a bit slow. The cost to the manufacturer to go to Hi speed USB2 would be minimal - why don't they bother???

And by the way, I never wrote

"sklco wrote:"
"Anyone prefers USB on the camera to an external card reader? Why? "

The board must need to be tweaked...

[sklco]

JPEG2000 format allows for superior compression - better quality and smaller file size. See - http://www.jpeg.org/JPEG2000.html

[jinushaun]

sklco wrote:
Hi speed USB2 connection.NO!

Do you know how many people have USB 2? Not as many as you think, myself included. Get a card reader if you want speed. It's good when companies don't use the latest and greatest technologies in their product. It doesn't force me to upgrade just to use a simple program/device.

[rhibbert]

But USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with USB1.1 - any USB 2.0 device will work with a USB 1.1 computer. It will just run at the faster speed if it can.