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From: "GoCycle" <Gocycle@optonline.net>

Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.production,rec.video.desktop

Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:40 PM

Subject: Re: Sony VX-2000 or Canon GL2?

> >I would look first at the PDX100 (though it has some odd

> >operational quirks...) - but the GL2 and JVC DV-GY300 also

> >appear to be good cameras... [in addition to the VX2000/PD150]

> --

> >David Ruether

> >d_ruether@hotmail.com

> >http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com

> Just curious, what are the quirks?

> Thanks-Lou bruno

In a brief contact with it, it was surprising that +18db gain was available

only as a separate menu item, and that there is no built-in headphone

monitoring level control. These aren't "fatal", though there may be more...

Also, I found that unless some of the finder info is turned off, it is

hard to frame the right side of the image well. Also, given the 72mm lens

mounting thread, good WA converters are rarer and more expensive

than for the alternative good cameras in its class...

David Ruether

d_ruether@hotmail.com

http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com