On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 00:09:49 GMT, Erik Harris
>On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:42:41 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether) wrote:
>>OK, much as I blab about this, how can you
>>have missed:
>>www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder--comparison.htm,
>I've checked this page out already, but as you mentioned, it compares only a
>few Sony Mini-DV cameras. What I asked for was a more universal site much
>like dpreview.com and a few others are for still cameras, which would give me
>the benefit of relatively consistent reviews across different brands and
>types, unlike individual fan review pages of people who review one or two
>individual cameras (or 5, in the case above).
More than 5 - it was ALL the Sony Mini-DV variants...
And, "For comparison of some of these with models of
other brands, see:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm,
and: www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/sony_dcr-vx2000.htm.
Other comparison-site URLs are:
www.bealecorner.com/trv900/index.html
http://www4.big.or.jp/~a_haru/index.html
www.spline.ru/DCR_compare_131200.htm
www.dvworld.com.tw/product/panasonic_mx3000_vs_tb03.htm
www.dvworld.com.tw/product/panasonic_mx3000_vs_tb02.htm
www.dvworld.com.tw/product/panasonic_mx3000_vs_tb01.htm."
>I _DO_ appreciate the links you included in your reply, and I'll definitely
>check look at the ones I haven't already seen, but my original question still
>stands, despite the mock-snide "how can you have missed all these" response.
>:-) Are there any organized digital video sites that review multiple brands
See above - all but the one you have seen already do...;-)
>(and preferably multiple formats) of digital video cameras? (And obviously I
>don't mean the general consumer sites like C-Net, which are
>jack-of-all-trade-master-of-none type reviews that often demonostrate
>considerable cluelessness on specific topics). How about FAQ sites on the
>functional differences, advantages, and disadvantages of the various digital
>video camera formats out there?
A quick check of google.com of the video NGs will supply
"cascades" of responses on all the above... If, though, you
would like to pay me (or others) to test and review
camcorders (and supply the gear, free...), I (we) would be
happy to provide what you want (which has already been
supplied free, but at my [our] expense in a less "neat"
form than you may be used to with digital still cameras),
if you do a little searching for the pieces that are
available...;-) Or, I'm thinking about buying a car - what
single site has **ALL** the features/characteristics/tests
of everything I'm likely to want to know about any car
now available, in a neat, well-organized site...? ;-)
If you have hung around these NGs, you will discover that
there are MANY approaches to selection, and those of us
who put up comparison sites cover those characteristics
most important to us. For me it is image and sound quality
first, and auto-control reliability second; for others, most
important is what it looks like, how cheap it is, how small
it is, how good the manual controls are, etc. As for the
tape formats, that has been covered endlessly - bottom
line: Mini-DV = D8 = DVCam for practical purposes in terms
of signal-format, if not always in terms of the associated
hardware...