On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 19:55:05 +0100, Moving Vision wrote:

>FWIW
>
>Used both and as far as I'm concerned all the hullabaloo about the Canon
>lenses on this class of camera are pure hype. The PD150 lens is
>surprisingly good. Sony had to completely revise their lens standards
>for these cameras to match the greatly increased performance of their
>new 1/3rd inch HAD chips. Just because the Sony looks more like a
>tourist camera than the Canon don't mean s..t. It is significantly
>better. In fact I's go so far as saying I prefer the image of the old
>VX1000 to the XL1, even though its softer at only 460 lines. On top of
>this the XL1's ergonomics are dreadful!
>
>John Lubran

Yes - I compared two XL-1s and two VX-1000s (and
others - article at:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm ),
with grey-day street scene comparison frame-grabs at:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/web_photos/camcorders/xl-1/ou-xl1.jpg
and:
www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/web_photos/camcorders/vx-1000/Ou-vx1000.jpg
(you can reduce the browser size to allow seeing both on the
same monitor for comparison...). The VX-1000 image has finer
detail recorded (compare the telephone pole and transformer
details, the window, clapboard, and bare tree detail on the
white house on the right, the concrete details in the foreground,
etc.), and less oversharpening (note the white "halo" in the
XL-1 image around the telephone pole and top
of the nearer bridge light (and the VX-1000 apparent
sharpness can be increased from the level in the sample
without showing as much oversharpening as the XL-1 image
shows...). Note, too, the yellow house color (next to the
white house on the right), green roof, and other subtle
colors in the houses - all more accurately shown in the
VX-1000 than in the XL-1 image (you will have to take my
word for it..., but the colors are at least better-differentiated
in the VX-1000 image...). BTW, the VX-2000 image shows
even better color and resolution (with low artifacting) - yet
some still claim the XL-1 image is "better".
I'm mystified...;-)
I guess if you prefer a "look" or effect, instead of
accuracy, well, then.........;-)