On 28 Mar 2003 14:00:45 -0800, monkey_monkey_camera_boy@go.com (Monkey Monkey) wrote:

>Yes, Mr. John Beale, who has been conspicuously absent

>from the video newsgroups in the last few months, has

>posted extensively on the subject of comparing the

>Sony VX2000 (same imager as PD150) & the Panasonic DVX100:

>

>http://www.bealecorner.com/dvx100/compare/index.html

>

>http://www.bealecorner.com/dvx100/image-noise/index.html

>

>http://www.bealecorner.com/dvx100/DVX-compare1.html

The first two are quite interesting and informative;

the last depends on too many "iffy" settings, image

resizings, and relatively uncontrolled conditions to

be very definitive - but these sites (and Adam Wilt's)

are very useful for comparison of these camcorders...

(BTW, I would add: www.bealecorner.com/dvx100/index.html.)

I have not bothered to compare these (and other recent

cameras, like the GL2, DV300, and TRV950, since in good

light, these all appear to be close enough in image

characteristics to make the comparisons less useful

than they were with the last generation of camcorders.

I still prefer the subtly better VX2000/PD150 image

resolution and low-light range, but these are not

relatively the "stand-out" characteristics they once

were, and other characteristics are surprisingly

close with these camcorders...