On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 11:20:27 -0500, "©TekVideo" <tekvideo@WHATbellsouth.net> wrote:

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

>news:3e6b5613.1701592@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...

>> >No one else has the shallow depth of field thing down.

>> The PDX100 doesn't either...;-) It is an excellent

>> camera (as is the Canon GL2, JVC 300, Sony TRV950

>> (except for low-light range), and my still-preferred

>> for best picture and greatest low-light range, Sony

>> VX2000/PD150),

>Let's see the comparison between the cameras you mention. Let's have a look

>at the low light picture from each of the cameras. Have you done a low light

>comparison?

With the PDX100 and VX2000, yes...

I have not had the others together at the same time, but

others have...

>Every example I've seen shows the JVC DV300 surpassing the PD150/VX2000 in

>both low light and details in dark areas. The PDX100 equals or matches the

>PD150/VX2000 at low light, and also slightly surpasses it in dark detail. I

>don't know about the GL2, but the other two at least equal if not surpass

>the Sonys.

The PDX100 picture, like the others, has noticeably more

oversharpening artifacts compared with the VX2000 for

about the same appearance of detail; the PDX100 image did

keep up with the VX2000 image in brightness in low light,

with stronger color, but with considerably more

"gain-grain", a "defect" for me...

>Sony will be releasing a new camera or two this year (hopefully) because

>they've finally been beat or matched and they know it. They'll once again

>raise the bar and it'll be another 3 years before the others catch up.

I doubt Sony will be releasing a new 3-CCD "handycam"-style

camcorder this year or even next (unless it is an HDTV

model...;-). There is only so far the D25 SDTV format can

be pushed with 1/3rd-1/4 inch CCDs, and I suspect these

cameras are pretty close to that limit (with different

trade-offs), unless something new happens with CCD

technology...