Thanks for the replies guys.
To clarify:
In point 3 i was referring to lack of info about problems with video resolutions (as that was the info I was looking for)
Now I found a thread that explains the problems involved:
Higher 320x240 FPS?Well, from what I learned from this thread I now know that I need to buy SX-1 instead of SX-10 as they are completely different cameras even though on first sight it looks like they are (almost) the same.
However what I was referring to was that there is no single article on the wiki for us noobs that would explain why video resolutions can't be scaled. However, judging from the info in the article, my current camera (S2 IS) would still be theoretically capable of filming 2048 x 480 @ 30FPS, provided that the DIGIC II is fast enough to encode that and the card can take the badwidth. That would still provide a lot more detail than 640 x 480 @ 30 FPS
As for point 4:
I understand the amount of time involved, but I do not understand the process. So if I were to try a port to SX1 IS I would probably not sit quiet about this and only publish the results when it was done (or fail miserably somewhere along the way). I'm guessing a port may well be under development, but I have no idea where the people doing it are exchanging ideas.
As for Wiki: I'm new. I'm a n00b. I sincerely doubt you guys would look favorably on my super duper idea to trash the main page and start anew with some stupid layout that on top of not being informative enough also contains dead links, missing articles ant all the similar stuff
Exaggeration intentional.
More seriously - how would one go about doing this?
For example - my primary focus with cameras is in videos. Just about any camera is better than my level of knowledge in (and feel for) photography so that only leaves video. I refuse to buy a standard video camera for a multitude of reasons which means that an important aspect of my camera purchase decision is what it can do with video.
So I found this page while looking for differences and possible solutions for the two models that I was comparing: SX1 IS and SX10 IS. Only yesterday I learned that the major difference between these cameras is in CCD. SX1 has a new super fast CMOS sensor, SX10 has an older model. I have no idea what other differences there are between these sensors, etc, etc.
So, looking for info on videos, i tried to determine whether the SX10 was capable of shooting 720p (which is enough for me), but at the same time, I needed the same info for SX1 as by default it only provides 1080p (+480p, but this is insufficient).
So far I have only learned a few things: limit #1 is by the sensor, limit #2 is the processor which compresses the movie into a stream, limit #3 is the card speed + camera <--> card interface speed.
I still have no knowledge about other limits, like why can't horizontal res be adjusted if the sensors only limit vertical res., why can't a lower frame rate be chosen, etc, etc
So, in the end I now have some knowledge about this, but I believe still not enough. I can write a page about this, but it will still lack lots of info. and then I would still have to place the new page somewhere into the wiki...
Sorry about all the whining, I'd like to help, but I am currently unqualified to do so, at least in my opinion.
