DrOcto wrote:I KNEWWWW there was going to be a woot-off today. I just KNEW it! Really!

So did everyone else who got an email from Woot! lol.

diggin the new lights :D

roebeet wrote:"how many lights do you see?"

There are 4 lights!

Are those new lights?

I thought Woot didn't do quality posts during Woot-Offs

They LOOK like new lights!

My experience too.

skidude6200 wrote:I swear my personal life has something to do with the schedule of woot offs... Whenever I have an exam I have to pull an all nighter for or an essay to write at the last minute they never fail to give me an incentive to stay up :D

Thanks woot!

ITSA W O O T O F F !!!

...and it's disturbing me playing plants vs zombies

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? A WOOT-OFF????

New lights
New lights
New lights
New lights
New lights
Neeeww lioghts
Nneah liaughts
Nneeee.... Lkijnf.......
Zzzz.zzzzz..zzzz

That game didn't last too long

Ahhh yeah! I'm holding out for a bag-o-crap!

bstebick wrote:I thought Woot didn't do quality posts during Woot-Offs

They do if the item is up long enough. Oh, and if THEY are up long enough too.

Just thought you would be interested in a little Schneider family history.

Schneider coat of arms

Dissonance wrote:So did everyone else who got an email from Woot! lol.

Shhhhh.... not everyone could connect the two so I'm still kind of special

Great camera
only thing is, that I was unhappy to learn that while in video recording mode, you loose audio when you zoom in and out.

sdc100 wrote:GREAT CAMERA. Incredible videos using H.264 which is 4x more efficient than the Lumix's MJPEG. Also has nice stereo sound. Fantastic zoom and effective OPTICAL stabilization.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FEW CAMERAS THAT ALLOW PAUSING DURING RECORDING.

Wow! New flashing Woot! lights!

Excellent camera. Grab one if you need a P&S with great features and image quality.

It's a bleedin' Woot-off! With some fancy new lights ta boot!

One of the frames of the new lights animation, when each light is pointed exactly left and right - looks like a pair of BUTTOCKS

Dang it... I wasn't first to mention the new lights... where is my drink?

drunkenalien wrote:Great camera
only thing is, that I was unhappy to learn that while in video recording mode, you loose audio when you zoom in and out.

I'm on the fence. Some of the amazon reviews slam in the image quality. I'm mad I missed out on the Panasonic from a few days ago.

Dissonance wrote:So did everyone else who got an email from Woot! lol.

why did I not get the email?

drunkenalien wrote:Great camera
only thing is, that I was unhappy to learn that while in video recording mode, you loose audio when you zoom in and out.

THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!!

You can 3 options:
1) Audio always on
2) Audio always off
3) Audio off while zooming. That's because the mikes are so near the lens. And whne you zoom, it creates a distracting motor sound which some people hate.

This ability to MUTE is preferable to cameras that don't offer to mute.

drunkenalien wrote:Great camera
only thing is, that I was unhappy to learn that while in video recording mode, you loose audio when you zoom in and out.

THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!!

You can 3 options:
1) Audio always on
2) Audio always off
3) Audio off while zooming. That's because the mikes are so near the lens. And whne you zoom, it creates a distracting motor sound which some people hate.

This ability to MUTE is preferable to cameras that don't offer to mute.

Hmm, have to say, I think I prefer the realism of the old lights. But you can compare for yourselves:

Old:


New:

sdc100 wrote:THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!!

You can 3 options:
1) Audio always on
2) Audio always off
3) Audio off while zooming. That's because the mikes are so near the lens. And whne you zoom, it creates a distracting motor sound which some people hate.

This ability to MUTE is preferable to cameras that don't offer to mute.

Awesome, so tell me how to fix it.

speedoo wrote:Excellent camera. Grab one if you need a P&S with great features and image quality.

...Yeah, just don't count on actually RECEIVING your camera.

spilzer wrote:Hmm, have to say, I think I prefer the realism of the old lights. But you can compare for yourselves:

Old And Busted:


New Hotness:

Fixed your error up there...

gomd3 wrote:New lights
New lights
New lights
New lights
New lights
Neeeww lioghts
Nneah liaughts
Nneeee.... Lkijnf.......
Zzzz.zzzzz..zzzz

That game didn't last too long

That was my experience too. Except since I am out of practice I was at "neeeeuu... zzz" at drink #4. This being an experiment upon strictly scientific lines, I think I failed.

This camera's battery charges via a usb cord > usb port or supplied wall brick (see Samsung HZ30W camera box contents: http://sale.images.woot.com/VC00593C_specs2.jpg). The usb charging cord is pretty short and can be kind of a PITA in some situations (like when there's no option but to charge the battery with the camera hanging from the outlet by it's cord). I would consider getting an extra battery and/or stand-alone battery charger like one of these here.