On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 08:45:51 +1000, "Angry Of Mayfair" wrote:

>The VX2000 'frame' mode is only 15fps and totally unusable for video.
>The GL1's frame mode is 30fps and works great for that movie look...
>The 20x optical zoom and the rock-steady image stabiliser make the GL1
>more desirable to me than the VX2000 but I guess it all depends on your
>needs. Some need low light capabilities and here the VX2000 wins by a
>country mile over just about anything around in this bracket.
>GB

I agree on the frame-mode, but you give up a lot to use it
(reduced smoothness with motion, reduced vertical
resolution - in addition to the GL-1 picture failings
compared with the VX-2000 [lower resolution, greater
negative picture artifacting {stairstepping, oversharpening
edge effects, color-bias error}, worse low-light image
quality]) - the VX-2000 "frame" mode is optimized for
still-image use only, and the image "glitters" very
unattractively when it is used for motion-video. I must
say, though, that I still don't understand the appeal of
frame mode - I would choose the better camera for highest
image quality for smooth motion-rendering, rather than one
that (badly) simulates one of the failings of film relative
to video...;-)