Huh? Care to explain more to noobie?

i think he means the SDHC card is not backward compatible with a non-HC card reader...

any ZR1 owner here? planning to get one soon... but cant decide whether this or the Fuji F70EXR

ZR1 is mighty tempting! Better lens and 2x faster than TZ7
Good thing I'm no more in the camera race. How many ringgit are they, ZR1 & Fuji F70EXR locally?
When I had to choose TZ7 vs Fuji 200EXR, HD video was the deal breaker for a travelling compact.
Like the man says there are no bad choice, it is up to wat's ur needs?
Here are some comments from dpreview forum >>
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp...essage=32521905
and here is LYN's on Fuji F70EXR
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1105456
Do drop by and let us know your choice, ya?

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Oct 17 2009, 08:38 AM

i weighted both ZR1 and F70EXR:

ZR1
Pro:
Lighter
More preset mode
Better IS
Orientation sensor!
HD Video
Wider lens

Cons:
The dynamic range is not as good as F70EXR
No manual control at all
Slightly more expensive than Fuji (RRP: RM1499)


Fuji:
Pro:
cheaper (one of the main factor!) (RRP:RM1099)
Better CCD (EXR, good dynamic range)
some special features (Pro Low Light, Pro Focus)

Cons:
No orientation sensor!
No HD video!
Heavier
IS is not as good as ZR1

This post has been edited by HMMaster: Oct 17 2009, 10:45 AM

If you are interested you should check the prices in the garage section

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Oct 17 2009, 11:37 AM

Street price is now a very pocket friendly RM890 in Berjaya Times Squar4 / BB Plaza

Another pro to add: DR mode
But the con to that is that the DR mode, when on, renders this camera practically a 5MP camera (But a very good one)

The supplied battery on F70EXR seems to be have a low battery life. But that can be fixed by getting a third party battery.

The battery life on ZR1 lasts a lot longer but third party battery wont work on it. Not being able to use 3rd party battery = big sigh.

This post has been edited by GKilla: Oct 19 2009, 02:22 PM

ZR1 shoots video in conventional format right? no AVCHD?

Yup no AVCHD as its manual says.

what is the file MB size of the maximum resolution video (per sec or per minute)?

Wow...that's a tough question and basically what is your main concern? Your SD capacity? PQ?

For my experience when you set the camera's still picture recording to take 3968 x 2232, you don't get exactly 9MB, sometimes more and other times less.

i don't think it's tough question. someone who already shoot video on ZR1 can see how big the file size on computer. my concern is how big memory card i need to get as much high resolution video as possible. as a comparison, my current cam, fuji F30 can fit VGA/30fps video about 15 min per GB. unfortunately fuji's XD card only got 2GB capacity

Highest resolution video possible is 1280x720, 30fps. ZR1 uses SDHC Memory Card and you have a choice of the following capacity 16GB or 32GB Class 4 depending on your wallet.
What's the duration of your movie?

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Oct 24 2009, 05:36 PM

photographyblog's review have a sample video... 19sec @ 69mb, 720p @ 30fps.

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/pan.../sample_images/

thnx a lot! that's the answer i'm looking for! that comes to about 218MB/min & 13GB/hr

TZ15 owner here... hehe...

TZ7 shots

hmm i read that TZ7 has a 15 minutes time limit for the video recording due to EU restrictions (not to brand it as camcorder). Does this also apply to the TZ7 sold in Malaysia?

i think no limit in malaysia

There is a limit...
but not 15mins...


according to my TZ7,

Motion Picture:-
1. QVGA - 1hr00m20s
2. VGA - 21m45s
3. WVGA - 20m55s
4. HD - 8m20s

AVCHD:-
1. L - 59m29s
2. H - 39m42s
3. SH - 30m21s

it doesn't mean that u left that much space for the video recording, it shows that each time u can record how long in each setting.