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Go from Canon A75 to Canon S1 IS?

Actaeon

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I'm thinking of selling my A75 + 512mb card, and replacing it with a Canon S1 IS w/ a 1GB card.

I really like my A75, but I dislike its rather weak optical zoom (only 3x). I love video mode, and while it does decent videos, its rather limited in length (640x480 = 30 seconds max). The S1 cures both of these problems with a 10x optical zoom, and unlimited length videos (640x480!). It also has an image stabalizer which is supposed to help as well. Also what wasn't available with my A75 was zooming in and out with the video, the S1 IS can do that, and I think I'll really enjoy that.

I think the 3.2MP is fine, and more than large enough.

Are there other cameras out there compareable to the S1 IS? I really like the 10x optical zoom and the awesome videos.

I was thinking of keeping my A75 for a while, but after hearing about this new camera that fixed all of my problems, I really want to switch over. While more MP = better, 3.2 is enough for a while.

I'll be taking about a $200 hit moving from this camera to the other.