Improve the video mode!

1. true 24fps (not interlaced with 3:2 added)

2. MUCH higher bit rate.

3. higher frame rate options at 1080p are always good too

4. Look at Cineform & RED - a compressed RAW option is obviously the way to go. License Cineform's RAW codec if you don't have the time to develop your own. If you can't fit the chips for this within the camera and keep them cool, make an external RAW module.

Keep the price as low as you can - although yes, you can increase the price substantially to pay for this functionality. The RED Scarlet has a much smaller sensor (2/3 vs 4/3), and will cost $3500+..

If you're thinking of shooting in low light AT ALL with a point and shoot, look at the Fuji Finepix range (F31fd, etc). Although lower in megapixels, they are way, way ahead in low-light performance.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

"He just perfectly removed a bump in a mic from an audio track during dialogue! Daaaamn. Perhaps we should get this for the Engadget Podcast."

Many, many programs offer that already. But still, it's cool! Soundtrack sucks less!

By the way, check the http://www.hdforindies.com site for another viewpoint.

Thanks for the pics and info, Engadget. Open timeline is really big, even for music videos.

Bruce Allen
http://www.boacinema.com

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is some kind of weird moving electrified fence? What if the cows want to rest and the fence moves over them? Does it keep shocking them? I guess you could say the same if you had a bunch of humans poking the cows to keem them moving, but it still doesn't seem very polite. If they tried to do that to humans they'd revolt... oh, hang on, that's why there is a convenient moat in the drawing protecting the machines from the things they're herding.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com