On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:01:13 +0000, nowhere@home.com wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 20:51:28 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether)

>wrote:

>>I would look at the Sony offerings - even the low-end

>>TRV33 just coming out tends not to have any of the image

>>defects you describe in [an earlier] post - Sony appears to

>>have "matured" the 1/4.7" megapixel CCD to the point where

>>the image is sharp, has very good color, and it escapes

>>the ill effects of gain (though its ultimate low-light

>>range is not great...). These appear in the mid-line Sony

>>1-CCD Mini-DV models (TRV25/27/33/38/39-PC101) and the

>>TRV740 D8. The image of the Sony low-end Mini-DV models

>>also looks good (TRV17/18/19/22-PC9), though it is less

>>sharp, and gain grain is much more evident.

>How do the other D8 Sony camcorders compare in image quality?

>(eg. the TRV240)

>Mark

The low-end Sony D8's tend to trade off lens quality

(along with other features) for price, and do not appear

to have image quality as good as the low-end Mini-DV

models...