"James Trory" <j_trory@yahoo.com> wrote in message '

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> I'm looking into getting a 3CCD camcorder and have narrowed it down to

> the GL2 and VX2000. The slight problem I have is that having compared

> just about every spec known to man, I honestly can't tell the

> difference between these two cameras. They're the same size and

> weight, I can get them both for exactly the same price, they do all

> the same things, even the CCDs have a similar (if not identical) pixel

> count. So is there something I'm missing, some kind of fault or

> failure of one or the other, SOMETHING that will make it easier for me

> to choose?

1/3rd" "HAD" CCDs in the Sony, 1/4"CCDs in the Canon, if we are going

by specs alone (dangerous...;-). Most people who have tried both prefer

the image-quality (especially in low light) of the Sony - but the GL2 is the

closest Canon has come to the Sony level of image-quality in their Mini-DV

line, and the GL2 is one of the "big four" to consider in 3-CCD Mini-DV

fairly-compact camcorders. It does have a longer lens than the others, if

that is important to you (I prefer best-possible short-lens performance...).

At the same price (other than the long-lens GL2 advantage, if really needed),

I would choose the Sony (others to consider are the JVC DV-GY300, and

especially the Panasonic DVX100a - this last is the "other" of the "big two"

in this category...;-).

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David Ruether

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