"Pandora" <pandorapayne@charter.net> wrote in message

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> I'm looking to purchase a new 1ccd camcorder to use for quick

> cut-aways from a VX2000 at weddings. This would be the only use I

> would make of this

> camcorder so features such as zoom, memory stick, image stabilization,

> et cetera are not important. All the thing needs to do is sit on a

> tripod, have auto focus, and be okay with the light levels normally

> found in a church. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

1-CCD Mini-DV camcorders are barely adequate for this

type of work, and that in about 50% of churches I encounter -

with the others being too dark. I use a bunch of 3-CCD

TRV900s for this purpose (want one? ;-). The PC9/TRV19/22

is the only level of 1-CCD Sony camcorder that can sometimes

be used (you will need to do quite a bit of work on the image

and accept the high "grain" level of the results if you want to

approximate the image of the VX2000 - see low light samples

at www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder--comparison.htm,

including the PC9 frame modified to best-match the VX2000

frame). The TRV900 is fairly easy to match to the VX2000,

and it is reasonably compact...

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David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com