Canon TX1 Release Delayed
posted in Canon TX1, Photography, Technology |When I first placed my order for my Canon TX1 on Amazon they listed the release date as March 31st. About a week later that changed to May 31st and the wait is really gnawing at me. Dell lists the camera as shipping in 1-2 weeks but I’ve seen them be totally full of it on those estimates before. There are some online forums where some people suggested that it would start shipping next week, but I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.
I ordered 2 spare batteries for $20 each from some online cheap battery place and a slow 8GB memory card for $60. I figure with 8GB of memory I’ll usually be running out of batteries long before I run out of storage space. The I calculated that I probably need memory that runs at about 4MB/second to shoot continuous video so I’ll probably have to get another faster memory card later, but they aren’t out yet (and look like they will be 4x the price of the existing memory cards). I’m also a little skeptical about whether the cheap batteries are any good- its one of those things where they cost 1/3 the price of the official ones, and they might be crap or they might be 100% the same item with just different printing on the label. I’ll post back here once I found out how it all works.