I tried to send you this in email only, in (partly joking...;-) answer to your first post, but your
email return is not valid, so....

"I didn't write this on the NGs, but......;-)
The VX-2000 is only a tad more expensive than
the GL-1, is a VERY noticeably better camera, and
in general is better also than the XL-1. Once you
have it and see what it can do, sell one XL-1 and
replace it with a second VX-2000, then go for the
third...!;-) You will be money ahead on the deal,
with better, more compact gear. BTW, I
comparatively reviewed the above camcorders, at:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm."

I did not think much of either the GL-1 picture
quality or sound quality relative to some other
possibilities...

>On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:52:23 -0700, Z_amatk wrote:
>
>That's an interesting idea.
>
>Unfortunately I can't do that because the main reason I wanted the Gl1
>or smaller camera was to do stedicam work and that would mean carting
>the XL1 wherever the mic goes so that's not really a practical
>solution.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion though.
>
>Z
>
>On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:07:40 -0400, noLunchMeat@rcn.com (Jay Rose)
>wrote:
>
>>
>>|: My question is... is the audio on the GL1, (if I'm using a boom mic
>>|: with XLR adapter) going to be that bad with the AGC?
>>|:
>>|: I'm assuming yes, but my dilemma is becuase I already own 2 XL1's the
>>|: GL1's picture, from what I understand, is closer to the XL1 than the
>>|: TRV900 would be....
>>
>>So record a reference track in the GL1, and run double system sound on one
>>of your XL1s with AGC off.
>