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The 4 GB MS Stick is included, Paul.]]>Aug 28th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
One hour on a 4 gig, OUCH! time to get me one of those 16 giggers....]]>Aug 28th 2008 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- 379 Euros in Germany]]>Aug 28th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/So confusing.]]>Aug 28th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
But the one I'm waiting for is a camera that will be invisible when you take yourself a picture in the mirror.]]>Aug 28th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
i was in atlanta's sony style store and the rep there was like "get an HD video recorder if you want hd video"

finally, i can upgrade my camera now!!! yay!!!

still can make use of my 4gb ms pro cards too!]]>Aug 28th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
Canon's compact TX1 has been doing this all for well over a year now. Not at 10 MP mind you, but at 7 MP & 1280x720@30fps. And the Canon uses SD (which is MUCH preferred overall) & has 10x optical zoom.]]>Aug 28th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
Its like with stills images. A 15 gigapixel photo will look crap if its taken on a crap CCD or CMOS and with a crap lenses. Same applies with video cams, except your talking about massively bigger file sizes and lower res's.

Go figure how you fit 1 hour of HD on 4GB when uncompressed DV SD video (which you use if you are doing it right) is 13GB per hour?]]>Aug 28th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
For the second assumption, DV video is actually compressed, you know. It's just not compressed *that* much. If you had a raw stream, it would a lot bigger. For tape-based high-def, which uses the same tapes, but records at 1440x1080 vs the old DV 7xx by 5xx (depends, pal/ntsc), the HDV format is used, which has, amazingly, the same bitrate, yet still gives awesome footage. Jpegs can also compress a picture by a factor of 10 and yet get a result that is pretty much the same as the original (really, who uses uncompressed BMPs on a regular basis?). This Sony uses h.264, which makes a lot more sense than the motion jpeg used in the Nikon D90, but the quality will depend on how good the chip can compress real-time, and unless they've made some major advances, I doubt it will be very good. A dedicated hidef camcorder will still be better (any dedicated equipment will always be better than a multifunction device), but it will also be more bulk to carry.

And for those complaining of the 10 minute video recording time for 720p (that's 1280x720 30fps), think of the 10 *second* maximum recording time for standard 640x480 30fps movies on many modern Olympus digicams. 10 minutes is actually plenty for most things, unless you're into taking tripod-mounted static movies. For that, get a camcorder.]]>Aug 28th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/------------
sure, if you can live with MPEG2 and sacrificed audio quality....]]>Aug 29th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
I'll have to wait for it to show up on Woot (sniffle.)

Thanks,
Scott
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Also, I think this T700 will be priced at $399, which is right in line with Sony's T-series pricing on the high end.]]>Aug 28th 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/Aug 28th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/28/sonys-cyber-shot-t500-10-megapixel-compact-shoots-hd-videos/
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sony-cyber-shot-cameras-get-smarter/story.aspx?guid=%7B828117CA-C086-44C3-B072-325FD7D97D05%7D&dist=hppr]]>Aug 28th 2008 6:19PM