On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:38:36 -0000, "Simon Page" <x@x.com> wrote:

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

>news:3e6ac50e.3288949@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...

>> On 4 Mar 2003 05:22:10 -0800, yanipoo@yahoo.com

>> (Nailvarnish) wrote:

>> This sounds like a defect - Sony DV cameras at all

>> price levels sold in the last several years have been

>> essentially free of motor-noise pick-up (they use

>> noise-cancelling). >

>> David Ruether

>Not true.My VX9000 has always been "noisy" and I know of at least 3 others

>with the same problem. I do agree though, that enough noise to drown out

>conversation definitely sounds like a major fault!

>Simon Page.

The VX1000 and VX700, the first "prosumer" DV Sonys,

were quiet, but the TRV9 was VERY noisy - but all Sony

DV models sold in the last four+ years I know of have

not picked up motor noise (though some pick up slight

focus and zoom noise). Of course, if you put these into

a small, hard-surfaced room and record near a surface,

it is likely you will hear some motor noise...