[MacDV] Re: Panasonic PV-GS70 camcorder

[Juan Mariscal]

Norm


re; using a video camera as a still camera.


keep in mind that virtually all digital video camera will produce low 
resolution still photos.

 From what I read on Panasonic's page for the specs of the camera you 
are looking at, this camera will produce a produce a photo of 1.2 
megapixels. That is not very high quality AND it seems by the footnotes 
on this spec that some digital hocus pocus may be involved to get you 
that quality image.

  If you ONLY intention is to use these photos for insertion into 
video's then that will be fine at 72 dpi. But you will NOT be able to 
produce a good and crisp 5 x 7 photo. A 4 x 6 photo will be OK, though. 
If you need to crop your photo which I almost always do, you will not 
be working from the whole image and the amount of megapixels you 
started with become even more important since you are only printing a 
portion of the image (http://www.digital-camera-review.us/pixels.html)

A $200 still 2.0 megapixel digital camera will produce much better 
quality stills that the panasonic Video camera

Don't expect to get two high quality cameras in one.

Perhaps others have a differing opinion.
Again it depends on what you will do with the resutling photo 
especially if you want to print it.

my 2 cents. good luck

Juan



On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 06:46 PM, Norm Lamoureux wrote:

> Hi Ryan,
>
> I appreciate your feedback. I'm glad to hear you like
> the camcorder so far. I to will be converting VHS to
> DVD so let me know how that works out for you. As for
> the USB connection for the digital stills, I don't
> have a digital camera and was hopeing to use the
> camcorder for that as well. I will be using it more
> for it's video capabilities but would still like to
> use it as a camera too. If you have any luck with that
> let me know. I am waiting for a reply from Panasonic
> for the same questions. I will foward the info when
> and IF I get it. Thank's again,
>
> Norm L.