On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 03:57:01 GMT, "Rusty" <dogma@karmaplan.com> wrote:

>I'm thinking of buying a Canon GL2.

>

>The main use for this camera would be taping a speaker who gives lectures in

>public venues and auditoriums, probably with wireless audio from a lavalier

>mike; possibly hooking into a soundboard. We're gathing stock footage for

>future use in multi-media / cdrom / streaming web application.

>

>The features of this camera look nice except the rating for low light

>shooting (6.0 lx compared with say 2.0 on the XL1).

>

>The only other camera I've checked out so far is the Panasonic AG-DVX1000.

>This is close to 4 grand US in price (about a thousand higher); seems to

>have more "pro" rated spec's; also seems to have excellent low-light specs.

>My "light" concern is that we're not using any special lighting in these

>tapings, just house lights. I've shot house-lit stuff in Hi8 before which

>was passable, but I have not yet graduated to DV and I'm wondering if any of

>you have any advice re these issues.

>

>One strong point for choosing Canon is that this cam would be a "second"

>camera in most shoots, Cam1 being an XL1. The XL1 owner insists that to get

>decent color matching between the 2 cams we're best to stick to Canon. I am

>ok with this concept.

>

>BTW, any recommendations of online merchants who have a good reputation re

>price and shipping, etc to buy this kind of thing at? (we'd be shipping to

>Canada, but can often get a better deal in US)

Various comments:

The VX2000/PD150 has a better low-light picture than all of

the above, and the VX2000 version is about $2350US; the GL2

picture looks very different from, and considerably better

than, that of the XL-1 (the VX2000, DVX100, and GL2 will

all look better, and will not match...); the easiest to

operate is likely the VX2000/PD150; the one with the

most versatile picture controls is the DVX100; the DVX100

is about $3300, not $4000; B&H is an excellent dealer

that ships internationally...