On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:59:15 -0400, "Sanman" <me@you.com> wrote:

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>"Neuman - Ruether" <d_ruether@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>news:3e93eb2c.2286346@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...

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>> I think you will find the best OIS and best DIS nearly

>> the same in effectiveness (I own about 5 of each, and

>> this is what I find, at least with Sony cameras...;-).

>How and why do you own at least 10 video cameras? Must be nice.

>Sanman

Nice, and absurd, but....;-)

It was a struggle to get my first Mini-DV camcorder

quite a ways back, and that one was a used Sony VX700

1-chipper. It was followed by a new 3-chip VX1000.

I shot with this for what seemed like "ages" before

there was a useable computer socket to plug the other

end of the FireWire cable into, for computer video

editing (talk about difficult, with the need to feed

up to only two 9-minute pieces of edited material to

tape before clearing the drives and importing material

for editing the next two bits to be pieced onto the

master tape to make up long videos...!). About this time

I acquired my second VX1000 (for backup and second-camera),

and was in digital-video "heaven"...! ;-) But, then,

other possibilities showed themselves: a TRV9 for deck

and "compact-camera-on-a-clamp" use, plus

daylight-infrared shooting of landscapes; a good deal

on a small used 3-chip EZ30U, a *tiny* PC1, a new

fairly compact TRV900 (which was also better in low

light than the VX1000), etc. Then came "next-generation"

stuff, and the 1000s were sold in favor of first two,

then a third 2000 (may be rethinking this last...;-),

a "beater" 900, a swap of a better PC9 for the PC1,

a couple of cheap demo (but VERY pleasant) TRV11s,

a high-res (for 1-chip) TRV30... Each has its

"points-'n'-limitations" for specific uses, and the

bunch were acquired over time, often used, so.....;-)

Once in a while about half a dozen of these get used

on a single job (plus a couple used for decks) - see:

www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/multi-camera2.htm.

If you think this is bad, you should see my collection

of WA/tele lens converters and stepping rings! ;-)