On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:03:41 GMT, Henry <dooREMOVEt2@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I'm gonna buy a camera this week. I'm looking at the TRV950 but

>remember that its older brother, the 900, had noise in the sound. I use

>good external mics, and clean sound recording is important to me. Is

>the 950 better, worse, the same?

The 900 was "average", which is to say, if carefully set

up, it is quiet enough for most purposes; mismatch gains,

and it is noisy (in common with most other "prosumer"

camcorders).

>If the sound problem is the same as the 900, or worse, any reccs as to

>other cameras with compact size, hi quality picture, and very clean

>sound?

There are currently several, but don't expect better sound

with most - and all are considerably larger...

>Good low light ability would be nice, too.

Then don't buy a TRV950/PDX10 (the Panasonic 3-chippers

other than the DVX100 are even worse for low light). The

best for this is probably the VX2000/PD150, with these

close: Panasonic DVX100, JVC300, Canon GL2. Sorry - still

no "best in every aspect" camcorder, but the best (all the

specific ones mentioned above, for the "small" camcorders)

are all good enough for most purposes...