On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 00:53:18 GMT, "David A. Hersher" <dhersher@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Disregarding the low light difference, what would the difference (if any) in

>an outdoor video between the two camera types? Just wondering if there would

>be a "noticeable" difference.

Yes! Among 5 different Sony imaging types (three

1-CCD, two 3-CCD, with differences among the 1-CCD

pixel-counts - see:

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

you can see considerable differences, with the

highest-pixel-count 1-CCD images (in bright light

only) approaching 3-CCD quality in the *still*

frame-grabs (but in motion, the artifacting with

the high-pixel-count 1-CCD video is annoyingly

obvious; the 3-CCD and lowest-pixel-count 1-CCD

images are *relatively* freer of annoying

motion-artifacting). Even the best 1-CCD images

in still frames show inferior color and tonality

compared with good 3-CCD images, and in motion,

there is no contest. This does not mean that good

video cannot be shot with 1-CCD cameras, but the

lighting conditions under which good image quality

can be had are more limited than with good 3-CCD

cameras...