New Camera

I'll soon be shooting some photos and videos with a new camera that I just purchased. I think this one will serve a need that I've been trying to fill. I wanted a compact digital camera that had and eight mega pixel rating, while also providing decent videos. Basically, I wanted a pocket camera with specs that are more common to much larger digital cameras. The other feature that mattered to be was the ability to use the zoom lens while shooting video (with a minimum of 5x). Lastly, I wanted to be able to record to a flash media device and not be arbitrarily limited to the amount of time that I can capture video for each clip (this is of course dependent on the size of the flash card). I'll eventually be doing video in high definition, but currently I could find only one AVCHD camera that saves footage to an SD card (Panasonic). I'm going to wait until after my visit to the 2008 CES to see what will be coming out next year. At this time, editing is still a problem for HD footage (not much good software just yet) and you need a very powerful Vista computer to get the job done. The files can be huge.

So... my choice for now is the Sony DSC T-100. I'll be testing it when we go to Lake Tahoe next week Hopefully, it will get the job done for prints that are as large as 13 by 19. That's asking a lot, but we'll see. I still have my Nikon for 13 by 19's and it does an excellent job, but it is much larger. This should be a fun venture and I'll be posting some pics and videos before too long. If you are interested in a review of the Sony DSC T-100, check out the below web site:

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-dsc/4505-6501_7-32329621.html?tag=prod.txt.1