On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:26:41 -0000, "Andrew Butterfield" <Andrew.Butterfield@Bradford.Gov.Uk> wrote:

>Greg Thrasher <waterbot@omsoft.com> wrote in message

>news:9794ba8b.0302101844.7dd21d1f@posting.google.com...

>> I'm looking for a camcorder that will give me the best picture quality

>> I can get for under $900. If all I care about is getting the best,

>> most professional, closest to theater-quality picture, which of the

>> following camcorders would be the best?

>>

>> Panasonic PV-DC352

>> RCA CC9390

>> Canon Optura 100MC

>> Panasonic PV-DV701

>> JVC GR-DV 2000U

>> Canon Elura 10

>I'd go for the Panasonic, simply for its Leica lens, even though it makes it

>rather a bulky camera. It has been very well-reviewed for picture quality.

The "Leica" lens label on the Panasonics is as meaningless

as the "Zeiss" lens label is on the Sonys - it is marketing

hype. Odd that the list above included no Sony cameras,

which tend to have the best image (and the least problem

with picking up motor noise in the audio) - I would

recommend looking at the Sony TRV33 when it arrives, or the

TRV25 now in this price range...