"Howard Alexander" <h@productionsstudio.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:bteijm$a1p$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...

 

> Hi - I shoot wedding videos etc.. with a Canon XL1 using it's 'frame mode'

> for that film look. I need a cheaper 2nd camera that is both more portable

> and provides a similar image - I can either shoot in non-frame mode on the

> XL1 to match the second camera's interlaced footage or I was hoping someone

> could recommend a camera with a frmae mode feature. Wither way your advise

> would be most welcome.

 

Look for a Panasonic EZ30U (also offered in the US as the

"950") - this could, as I recall, shoot full frame-rate PS-mode.

Personally, I think it looked terrible, though...;-) Warning: you

may prefer the image quality from the little Panasonic...;-)

These cameras are compared at:

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm

(This site may also be interesting - use the "key" to see what

shot what: www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/vid_pict_characts.htm.)

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 David Ruether

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