I've been shooting for more than 10years. My first video cam was Canon UC5500 (8mm tape, now still functioning =P ) . My other Digital Video Cams includes Sony TRV480 (D8, Quality OK ), Panasonic SDR-S7 (quality OK, but got problem editing in Premiere or After Affect), Sony 52 (This one Quality not OK)...
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...and I just get this SX1 IS ... Wow!!! COOL man ! Video resolution is TOO COOL, (shooting indoors got noise , but still better than any other of my cams when scalled down to 720 X 576 (I am from Malaysia, using PAL system )
My 1TB is partitioned into 4 parts of 240 MBs, so far so good =P
About SD Card, at first I am using 8GB and 4GBs ... really makes me MAD until I get 16GB and 32GBs.
At least I can shoot about 50 mins at 16GB and 1.6 hours in 32GB card.
There should be no more argu on the storage. Quality matters. In addition, storage cost is no longer a problem. (remember that I purchased a 8GB hard disk for MYR 700 , about USD$ 200 in 1998)
THE ONLY THING that makes me mad is unable to set SHUTTER SPEED in SX1 IS HD MOVIE mode. Actions did not stopped, look like there are taken using shutter 1/60 in Video mode, even I push to Sport. It just seems that the movie settings are exactly same at all dial settings. BAD!
I hope some one can make possible to the firmware, so that there is a SHUTTER PRIORTY in movie mode. So that i can shoot at 1/500s or 1/1000s HD movie using SX1IS. XD
p/s: Sorry, I am new here, can you show me which page should I visit regarding my problems of "asking new feature" ?
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Another "BIG THINGS" I found in my SX1 IS just now is the default 1/60s video shutter will be changed by the Canon Firmware itself to 1/50s to suit in my country's light system, after I point to the electric powered lightsource which runs at 50Hz.
The screen is flickering using 1/60s for 50Hz lighting, "the Canon firmware is aware about it, but don't let user to set default 1/50s)
But when camera restarts, it reverts into default 1/60s.
Another BIG THING #2, is that it is possible to FOOL the camera to run at f4 (or f3.8 ?) when the zoom is widest with shutter speed higher than 1/60s (or 1/50s), but ISO is still 80.
Switch to video mode, then zoom the lens to max position 20X. point to the cloud or very bright objects.
The iris should be in f/8. Lock the exposure, and decrease the exposuere ( to get higher shutter).
Zoom back to widest. The Apature remain open wider as f/8 at 20X position equals f3.8 at widest zoom.
Now video shooting is locked at ISO80, f3.8 (instead of f/8) and a high shutter.
Do not adjust the exposure, because this will turn the iris to f/8 immediately, and mean time slows down shutter a lot.
If you want to increase exposurer a bit, zoom to 20X then increase the shutter then zoom back to widest.
Then you can still enjoy shooting sports outdoors using ISO80 f3.8 with higher shutter, say 1/250