Canon intro PowerShot TX1 capable of shooting 720p video

Category Camera | Permalink | 26. February 2007

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Though it’s primarily a digital camera designed for taking still shots, Canon’s latest digital offering, the PowerShot TX1, also boasts the ability to film 720p footage at 30fps.

It boasts a 10x optical zoom and a 7 megapixel imager. Interestingly, though, the press release states that the camera uses the MotionJPEG AVI file format rather than MPEG4 which is more common and generally considered better quality.

It features a 1.8 inch LCD screen with 115,000 pixel resolution, and zoom range from 39mm wide angle to 390mm telephoto. Auto-focus uses Canon’s 9-point contrast detection.

Canon also seem to have favoured the screen over any kind of viewfinder, so if you’re used to holding the camera to your eye to take a shot or a movie, you’ll be disappointed.

Each movie clip can be up to 26 minutes, according to the specs.

Primarily this is a stills camera, and those after full camcorder specs would be better off elsewhere. Even so, it’s showing that HD is finding its way onto many CE products now.
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It’s due for release in the US in March, with a RRP of $500.

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