I am looking at a Samsung NX1000 for a video-and-still-photo solution. I really like the APS-C sensor (big pixels = less noise). It shoots 1080p video, but nowhere can I find the bitrate for that video. Is it 10mbps? 20? Something else? It only shoots 30p, but that's OK with me.
The other question I wonder about is: I know the camera has a digital zoom. I also know that the camera does not need all of it's 20 megapixel sensor to capture 1080p video. Does it use the full width of it's sensor and scale down to 1080p, or does it use a 1080p-size area of the sensor?? If it uses all of the sensor, then it stands to reason that the digital zoom would not (at first) impact quality, until it "zooms down" to an area of the sensor smaller than 1920x1080. Is that a fair assumption?
Steve
The other question I wonder about is: I know the camera has a digital zoom. I also know that the camera does not need all of it's 20 megapixel sensor to capture 1080p video. Does it use the full width of it's sensor and scale down to 1080p, or does it use a 1080p-size area of the sensor?? If it uses all of the sensor, then it stands to reason that the digital zoom would not (at first) impact quality, until it "zooms down" to an area of the sensor smaller than 1920x1080. Is that a fair assumption?
Steve