Doing something for work this weekend that requires us to shoot some video then project it soon after. Portability is pretty key, and not tethering a camera to the projector would be a plus, so we were considering shooting with a 5d and transferring the files to this device:

3M MPro150 Pocket Projector. The Ultimate Pocket Projector. (http://www.3m.com/mpro/products150.html)

However, before I purchase it, I need to know 100% that it will actually play the files. Some reviews imply it will only play files with an .avi or .mp4 extension (5d does .mov afaik); other sites say "h.264 and AVC," which would qualify. So I'm a little confused.

Unfortunately I won't have time to test it (I'm not the photographer, won't see him until the shoot). So, does anybody have any first hand experience with this? If not, does anyone have a link to a 640x480 (VGA) Quicktime straight from the 5D that I can use to test? Much appreciated.

Hal

Did a little more research and came to the logical conclusion that I'll need to bring along a laptop and re-compress anyway. With the included 3gb of storage, we'd only get 18 minutes of 640x480 video on the device. However, I'll test the full-size files and report my findings in case there of use to anyone here.