Gizmodo: Canon Powershot TX-1 Hands-On With 720p in the Palm of Your Hand

[Jeremy Charette]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-cameras/canon-powershot-tx1-handson-720p-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-242537.php' target='_blank'>http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-cameras/canon-powershot-tx1-handson-720p-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-242537.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Our first encounter with the Canon PowerShot TX-1 was a jaw-dropping experience, when we realized exactly how small this itsy-bitsy HD video and 7.1 megapixel shooter really is. It's truly tiny, about the size of the deck of cards, and essentially has similar dimensions to Canon's previous generation of Digital Elph cameras. It's almost too tiny, and with its foldout viewscreen giving you a 16:9 look at whatever it is you're shooting, it's hard to tell what's going on. Even so, it's a substantial-feeling camera, and gives the impression of a precision piece of engineering."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/720p.jpg" /> <br /><br />If I pass out, it's because I'm holding my breath for the sample video footage. It's Canon, so I'm hopeful that it will be as stellar as the stills their point and shoot cameras take...but that's alot of tech to pack into a small package. We'll see, but it looks like a winner!

[Chris Gohlke]

I'm with you. I can't wait for this camera. While I love my S2, this should make a nice companion for when I don't want to carry something so large, plus it is a sweet HD video camera. All in an extremely pockatable size. :werenotworthy:

[Jeremy Charette]

Update from Engadget: apparently it shoots video in Motion JPEG format, so you can expect pretty large file sizes. Looks like you'll need one of those 8GB SDHC cards Kingston just announced!

[Jason Dunn]

Motion JPEG? Whaaazaaaa....??? That's so...1998 of them. 8O It should be h.264 or MPEG2 or, well, *something* other than Motion JPEG. Unless Motion JPEG has evolved a great deal and is a great format now. I remember Motion JPEG from the mid-90's when I was capturing VCR footage with a Matrox Rainbow Runner. Man, those were the days...

[Jeremy Charette]

Motion JPEG does use less overhead than h.264 or MP4, so they can probably use slower (and smaller) chipsets, helping keep the size down.

[karinatwork]

Oooooh. That is EXACTLY what I was waiting for...
Oh my god, how many gigabytes do I need on my SD card to even shoot a decent length movie?
So many questions... so much drool. :D

[karinatwork]

Gosh... someone hand me a bib!!!