Buying help - SD400?

[Fatpikachu]

Heya,
I'm lookin to buy a new digicam to replace my Powershot S230 from years ago. Actually the S230 is still doing pretty well, but I'm looking for more megapixels (5 maybe?) and better movie capabilities. I guess in terms of movies, the only big improvement over my current camera would be the 640x480 resolution.

About the movies, I read the Powershot SD400 has unlimited movie capturing limited by your storage capacity. I also read somewhere though that individual clips are limited to 3 minutes? Which is true? I'm looking for a camera that can basically function as a mini-camcorder.

Thanks

[Raj]

Hi Fat*
I have never user any of the models you mentioned, however I quicklyu checked the specs of SD400 for you. It records movies at 640 x 480, 30 frames/second, with sound, until memory card is full

If you are ready to take some advice than I would say - keep digital camera & camcorder separate. Use dedicated equipment. I have a camcorder which takes digital images also, but useless. I have a camera which takes unlimited video with sound but when I transfer video to record dvd for watching on TV, I found it no good. So I use dedicated equipment for both requirements.

Just my 2 cents.
Cheers

[natemeister]

Do you mean with sound? I have the SD300 and it does unlimited video with sound until the card is full and it was the first thing I tested with a full charge and it worked.

[Raj]

Do you mean with sound? I have the SD300 and it does unlimited video with sound until the card is full and it was the first thing I tested with a full charge and it worked.
OOps ! my mistake - thanks for indicating. I have corrected it :-)

[Fatpikachu]

awesome. some of the sites say unlimited video with sound, some of the sites (sometimes the same ones) say "but individual clips are limited to 3 minutes".... so i wasn't sure which. but if it takes unlimited video depending on the card, that's great.

as for the still images, how do those pictures turn out? is the red-eye reduction done well? my s230 leaves a lot of redness sometimes.

[S45_fornow...]

The SDXXX series of Powershot cameras is fast devoloping a notorious reputation for having thin, flimsy LCD screens that break if you look at them wrong. I don't know about the SD400/SD500, but the SD200/SD300 screens are being reported broken quite often under slightly less than "TLC" handling. Canon will typically not cover this under warranty either.


Just something to consider....

[OceanRider]

i like the videos that my little PS makes there are perfect for the kids growing up and easy to take the camera fits in my pocket..no worries there.

[94wolfpack]

Anyone know if the SD400 supports remote capture?