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Compact Cameras with Video

Sony model 500 is the only one that zooms without microphone picking motor noise, or which auto-focuses well enough in the video mode

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the T500 is versatile enough in the movie capture department to stand in for your camcorder in a pinch. A quick sample video shows the T500 in action; note, especially, the almost complete lack of zoom noise



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new cyber-shot cmera at CES; looks like DSLR announcements will happen at PMA, not CES

Panasonic has been putting 720p on its compact cmaeras for some time, but Sony implemented it a lot better.