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Michael Bendixen · May 17th, 2004, 12:45 PM

The PD-150 advertisizes capturing stills in VGA 640X480. What does this mean in terms of mega-pixels, the standard of most still, digital cameras?

Thanks,

Michael

Mike Rehmus · May 17th, 2004, 02:32 PM

Multipy 640 by 480 and you get about 0.3 megapixels

Michael Bendixen · May 17th, 2004, 03:44 PM

Since most good consumer digital still camera are 6.3 megapixels right now, .3 seems like pretty low quality, right? How is this feature beneficial then?

Frank Granovski · May 17th, 2004, 03:59 PM

Michael, video cams are for shooting video, still cams are for shooting stills. The PD150 is a professional video cam. With frame grabs for the web, this low resolution is all you need.

Michael Bendixen · May 17th, 2004, 04:06 PM

I see your point. It will be better than the still frames that I use for the web now, but I'll just have to carry around my still cam as well for better stills. Thanks for the clarification, Frank.

Rob Easler · May 17th, 2004, 04:21 PM

Dude, my cell phone takes 640x480 pictures, not great, but for web pages that's probably all you need.

May 17th, 2004, 12:45 PM	#1
Michael Bendixen Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 109	megapixel question The PD-150 advertisizes capturing stills in VGA 640X480. What does this mean in terms of mega-pixels, the standard of most still, digital cameras? Thanks, Michael

May 17th, 2004, 02:32 PM	#2
Mike Rehmus Wrangler Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 4,049	Multipy 640 by 480 and you get about 0.3 megapixels __________________ Mike Rehmus Hey, I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel!

May 17th, 2004, 03:44 PM	#3
Michael Bendixen Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 109	Since most good consumer digital still camera are 6.3 megapixels right now, .3 seems like pretty low quality, right? How is this feature beneficial then?

May 17th, 2004, 03:59 PM	#4
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Michael, video cams are for shooting video, still cams are for shooting stills. The PD150 is a professional video cam. With frame grabs for the web, this low resolution is all you need.

May 17th, 2004, 04:06 PM	#5
Michael Bendixen Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 109	I see your point. It will be better than the still frames that I use for the web now, but I'll just have to carry around my still cam as well for better stills. Thanks for the clarification, Frank.

May 17th, 2004, 04:21 PM	#6
Rob Easler Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 219	Dude, my cell phone takes 640x480 pictures, not great, but for web pages that's probably all you need.