Convenient & helpful power-saving feature!

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Wow! I sure am happy that my video camera turns off after 5 minutes of
"no use"! That helpful battery saving feature makes it impossible to
use it for time-lapse capture over firewire, which is of course a
silly thing to be doing in the first place anyway. I was really glad
that it forces me to have the camera recording to tape the whole time
I want to use it for something else, it has really made my life more
convenient - stopping every two hours to rewind the tape helps me keep
focused on the important things, like forgetting to do it.

Thanks, Samsung and others, you really do think about "the little man"
when you design your gear! Not providing a way of turning that feature
off or changing it in any way has made the interface just that much
less cluttered and easier to use. Why, if that were included, think of
the useful features that we'd have to go without! Things like the
well-named and easy to understand "Q-Easy" and "PB DSE", not to
mention the useful demo mode were worth the inability to use my camera
in any way other than the ways you tell me to, which is much better
for me as a person.

Just a short note to recognise the contribution you've made to making
my life that much more full of creativity and cheer. Thanks Samsung!

• Convenient & helpful power-saving feature! Bill Page 00:57 on 12 Jan 2007

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