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I’m confused about the statement “One thing the ZR1 doesn’t have is HD video capture”. On Panasonic’s website, the specs show “Motion Image (HD Movie)” as 1280×720, 30fps (Motion JPEG). I see the ZS3 also has 1280×720 for this spec category. The spec category “Motion Image (16:9 Aspect Ratio)” was listed as WVGA: 848 x 480 pixels, 30 fps (Motion JPEG) for both models. The only video capture difference I see was with this spec category…
ZS3 ZR1
Motion Image HD?16:9 Aspect Ratio) 1280×720 pixels 30fps N/A
So, I guess I just don’t understand the differences in these spec categories. Are these specs contradictory? Why are there 3 categories for video capture?
AVCHD is H.264, AVCHDLite is Pana/Sony simplified H.264. MotionJPEG needs much more space to save movie, but frame to frame edit is easier.
ZR1: w/o AVCHDLite, better sntishake, ZS3: AVCHDLite has no segment limit.
Both can record MJPEG, 2GB limit for each segment that is 8’24″ for &20P, but 20′+ for 800×480.
ZS3 firmware has a bug that if you stop/start AVCHDLite movie(no pause available), you need to take a picture before the restart or else the start record time shown are all the same.
Question: I see that the flash has a “forced off” mode. Is it possible to set forced off as the default so that the camera won’t revert to flash on when other settings are changed or the camera is turned off?
The flash may be set to “forced off” mode as a default. The actual menu option is either “Auto” or “Forced flash off” and it does not revert to either until you change it. I have my ZR1 with me right now and just verified this.
I set the clock and I can see date and time on the cammara but when I put the pictures on the computer, the date or time don’tappear on the picture, and I need that information on the picture.
one of cons repeated about DMC- ZR1 is “No AV output cable included “- what does it entail? What’s the best way to get this and overcome this con?
Also how the quality of video and pictures compare to Canon powershot SD980 and SD 970 (both without the zoom feature in video mode?
I” be really grateful for some advice.
Yenia:
“I set the clock and I can see date and time on the cammara but when I put the pictures on the computer, the date or time don’tappear on the picture, and I need that information on the picture.”
Could this be a computer setting? In my WindowsXP Explorer I can right click the row at the top of the right hand explorer pane (with the column headings) and select items to show such as: Created, Last Accessed, Modified, Size etc…
If I have a 2GB card – how any minutes of movie/video will I be able to put on it?
I set the clock and I can see date and time on the cammara but when I put the pictures on the computer, the date or time don’tappear on the picture, and I need that information on the picture.”