en-us http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/ Activity feed http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263877 <div><p><em>November 23, 2008 at 2:31 pm</em></p> <p>"Thank you. You pretty much confirmed my own thoughts. I could even build a small dynamic stabilizer - but the key is to have good image quality in the first place. I've been using a small Konica Minolta bridge camera (12X optic) but the quality of stills is quite poor and the video is very poor. The Konica has an OIS but it doesn't make all that much difference. I need compactness as I work with clients on a mountain and both film and photograph them for analysis (skiing) and pleasure. I might even produce a small DVD. This seems like the perfect tool for the job. I cannot carry around heaps of gear and I know that for top photos it needs an SLR with a big sensor. Small sensor still cameras are a poor compromise, but the small sensor in the video camera sacrifices nothing - keeping the optics small. This way I will have excellent video and one day if I really want to I can add a big SLR for special trips."</p></div> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:31:22 -0500 electricfiddler http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263877 http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263876 <div><p><em>November 23, 2008 at 2:22 pm</em></p></div> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:22:03 -0500 electricfiddler http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263876 http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263872 <div><p><em>November 23, 2008 at 12:38 pm</em></p> <p>"Thank you. I'm mostly interested in the image quality and the compactness so this device seems to fit the bill. I teach skiing in the French Alps all winter and always film my clients and photograph them - both for analysis and to give them something to remember. I used to carry around a bag full of equipment that was impractical. More recently i used the small Konica Minolta bridge cameras with 12X optical zoom etc - but the quality has been poor, the video very poor with ghosting, and the still image quality being sub standard. Additionally I have never had a still camera that could focus fast enough for ski shots. I decided that if I want real good photos that I have to accept it is necessary to buy a big SLR. Meantime, the smaller optics and sensor chips should not be such a problem for video cameras - and so now cameras like this Sanyo are starting to appear. My own impression seems to follow your advice regarding stabilisation. I can even make a stabilizing device if I need to use one for some more serious purposes and no internal stabilizing can really do a pro job anyway. I might use the camera to make my own budget DVD and it sounds like the quality would be easily good enough. Thanks for your quick response."</p></div> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:38:47 -0500 electricfiddler http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263872 http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263814 <div><p><em>November 23, 2008 at 8:31 am</em></p> <p>"Could you possibly let me know if the stabiliser is any good? The camera is criticised for lack of an optical stabiliser. Thanks."</p></div> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:31:23 -0500 electricfiddler http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263814 http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263813 <div><p><em>November 23, 2008 at 8:29 am</em></p></div> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:29:33 -0500 electricfiddler http://www.productwiki.com/electricfiddler/#item-263813