"L David Matheny" <ldmnews1@netassoc.net> wrote in message news:bu2ib5$cmk51$1@ID-66888.news.uni-berlin.de...

> "James Trory" <j_trory@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:74o800ho92ep1ab6ldh33pqifr3d0caukp@4ax.com...

> > 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?

> I had a VX2000 briefly and returned it due to the problem of hissy

> audio. (Do a Google search.) I since bought a GL2, and I like it.

> The GL2 audio seems to be less hissy, but I have come to understand

> that no prosumer camcorder is going to have truly CD-quality audio.

> Conventional wisdom is that the VX2000 beats the GL2 (and nearly

> anything else in its price range) when it comes to low-light video.

> I don't doubt that, but I have no complaints about the GL2's video.

> OTOH, I seldom shoot in situations with very low light levels.

I've always been mystified by the reported "hiss problem" of the

VX2000. Assuming proper monitoring with the line-outs and

with proper matching of external mics to it (or with using the

built-in mic), noise is no greater than with most others, and is

very low (and not a real issue with this camera [I have three,

and no "hiss problem"...]). More on this is at:

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/sony_dcr-vx2000.htm.

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David Ruether

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