"Poet Fury" <devnull@genjerdan.com> wrote in message

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> OK. I've read as much as I could find on the "which camera" question, and

> nothing I've read tipped the balance in any particular direction. They're

> all in the same price range (except the HD10), they're probably all about

> the same quality, they'd probably all do a decent enough job. How to

> choose, then?

>

> Here's what I'll be using it for: short shorts and faux TV commercials.

> Natural/ambient light as often as possble. My best impression of a

> one-armed paperhanger in lieu of a crew, except when I can talk friends and

> relations into holding the boom and such. All in my copious spare time.

>

> The viddies will be posted to the web (streamed or otherwise) or tossed

> onto one-off DVDs for demo purposes. There is no reason to believe any

> television broadcasting will occur, nor transfer to film.

>

> So. Balancing least amount of headaches against most satisfying results,

> what order should the following list be in? (currently in alphabetical

> order).

>

> 1. Canon XL1S (although I've seen a lot of GL2s for sale lately. Good

> enough?)

> 2. JVC GR-HD1 (are the pro features of the JY-HD10 worth the bump in cost?)

> 3. Panasonic AG-DVX100A

> 4. Sony VX2000 or 2100

The HD1/10 is a "different animal", being HDTV, and far from a great

one. For SD use, rate them 1) SonyVX2000/PanDVX100A,

2) JVC300, 3)CanonGL2, 4) CanonXL1s, 5) JVC-HD1/10. Throw

the SonyTRV900 and VX1000 in there around 3.5) or so...

(But, now beware the "howls" from the Canon-partisans...! ;-)

Any in the 1->"3.5" group should be both good enough and also easy

enough to use for your purposes...

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David Ruether

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