11/28   Got myself the Kodak c340 digital camera at Fry's ($199) that
        does movies with sound. Anyone have reccomendations on video
        size and codec that give decent results(default was 640x480
         QT which resulted in a rather large and fuzzy movie) This is
        a 5MP camera.
        \_ My Nikon Coolpix 3200 also has 640x480 15fps movie mode which also
           yields large and fuzzy QT movie.  Why are QT files so large and
           fuzzy?
           yields large and fuzzy QT movie.  Why are QT files so large?  It's
           about 500KB/sec.
           \_ I don't think any of these cameras let you specify codecs, only
              resolution and framerate.  From what I've come across, "QT" files
              are merely containers that can use any number of codecs.
              Chances are, the manufacturers are choosing codecs that require
              the least amount of processing power to encode, hence the size.
              Movies in digital cameras are gimmicks at best.
              \_ I see.  My Coolpix 3200 only lets me specify resolution, not
                 frame rate or codec.  QuickTimer Player says the format of the
                 video track is "Color: Millions, Data Format: Photo-JPEG".
                 Does that mean the "movie" is just a series of 15 JPEG still
                 pictures per second?  Is there any tool to convert QT files to
                 other smaller file formats?
                       \_ from the desktop ? try radtools.  It has a
                          decent QT converter