On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:30:23 -0400, "Jim Harvey" wrote:

[...]
>Unless I missed it, I don't see anything about manual audio controls. The
>only remarks are that the camera has AUTOMATIC controls for audio (whoop de
>doo!)
[...]

You did miss it - not only manual control, but separate-channel manual controls (with a nifty
hot-shoe add-on XLR adapter, too!

[...]
>Very disappointing. The light requirements are exactly the same as that for
>the GL-1 which is to say very poor performance in low light (what do you
>expect with 1/4" chips?_).
>Too Bad.
>Jim Harvey

;-), ;-), ;-) - I, who am accused of being "pro-Sony",
expect this camera to be more than you ("pro-Canon")
do, it appears...;-) At least "on paper", this looks
like a pretty darn good Canon entry (time and experience
with it will tell, but it looks to me like this one can
have corrected the many GL-1 failings...).