On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 20:01:00 GMT, "Robyn M Angeles" wrote:

>Can anyone help?

Mebbe....;-)

>I was going to purchase a Canon GL-1 DVC camcorder for "wedding" &"event"
>videography. I came across the specs for the SONY DCR-TRV900 DVC camcorder
>and it seems to have the Canon beat on every level except the "Professional
>Quality L-series Fluorite Lens!" Has anybody experienced both camcorders in
>an editing situation(?) and seen a significant difference in the images
>produced by both? In the field is there a significant differnce in operation
>of the two units?? The sony product has the bonus of built in NTSC Camera
>Bars and a Floppy disk to record still images.

There are (critical...) reviews of these (and others) on my
web page (with frame-grabs and comments on sound and
motion-video, at:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm

>Another question, (I guess i spent to much time on the prodution end of
>Broadcast School!) I have read that DVcam Bit rates are 25 MB's but i have
>also seen some claims that it is 3.6 MB's!! Is it that the consumer product
>is 3.6 MB's and the Semi-professional stuff is 25 Mb's?? When you digitize
>with a product like The Matrox RT 2000 or Pinnacles DV-500 boards(with 1394
>firewire?) does it use the consumer algorythm or the Semi professional?

All are the same, at 3.6MB/sec - pretty easy...! ;-)

>Any help from an knowledgable experience person on the list would be much
>appreciated!

(Due to comments and responses made in another thread
to my complaint about totally bogus e-mail addresses,
I no longer supply courtesy e-mail copies of posts I
write to responding to questioners' posts - so for my
"gems o' wisdom", guess you [and others] will need to
check back here...;-)