"Pete" <gregarpp@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> I am looking for my first camera.

>

> I have been looking at the following.

>

> Canon GL1 and GL2

>

> Sony VX1000 and TRV-900

>

> Is the TRV-900 better newer then the VX1000?

>

> How would you rate these?

>

> I am thinking in this order

>

> TRV-900 (small and cheaper))

> Canon GL1 (Big and cheaper)

> Sony VX1000 (big and expensize)

> Canon GL2 (big and expensive)

Your list is a bit out of date. The VX1000 and TRV900

(and maybe the Panasonic EZ30U/950) are the best of

the last generation Mini-DV camcorders, and can be

good used values. I did not like the GL1, though it was

usable (of the older-generation 3-CCD cameras, I would

place only the Sharp 3-CCD camera lower - though I

also did not like the XL1).

Currently, I would look first at the Sony VX2000/2100

and the Panasonic DVX100/80, and then at the JVC

DV-GY300, and last at the GL2. I did not like the

TRV950 as much as the TRV900 or VX1000, and I

don't like the current small 3-CCD Panasonics either.

(Most of the above is based on good-light picture quality.

More in the video section under "I babble", on the website

below...)

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David Ruether

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