On 1 Dec 2000 07:53:25 GMT, "John P. Beale" wrote:

>kully_roth@my-deja.com wrote:
>: Can someone please recommend their favorite online sites for reviews of
>: miniDV camcorders? I'm trying to make a purchase decision and am
>: looking for good sources of information. I'm familiar with several
>: websites that are excellent at reviewing digital cameras, but don't
>: know of corresponding ones for camcorders.
>
>I think David Ruether's page is great for the cameras he reviews:
>http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm
>
>My own page has a somewhat unfocused mish-mash of video information:
>http://www.bealecorner.com/trv900/index.html
>
>There are a lot of sites more-or-less specific to particular camera
>models, especially the higher end ones eg. Sony VX1000 and Canon XL1.
>
>The latest-breaking news sites like
>http://www.Global-DVC.ORG/News/Default.asp and http://www.supervideo.com/
>will tempt you with the latest stuff (and the latter site has stuff so
>"new" it doesn't actually exist anywhere) but they aren't very heavy on
>useful reviews, to my mind.
>
>There isn't really an equivalent to "steves-digicams.com" or
>"imaging-resource.com" for video cameras, as far as I know. If there is
>one, I'd definitely like to hear about it. THe print magazines like
>Videomaker (www.videomaker.com) often have buyers guides listing the latest
>stuff but I find the reviews are not very in-depth.
>
>-john

I would like to "second" John Beale's comments. ;-)
But with the addition that he was too shy in describing
the wonders to be found on his own web-site...... ;-)
Visit mine for critical descriptions of the camcorders in
use (with their flaws described in addition to their
virtues, unlike in the print and related web media);
visit his for more of the same, with lotsa neato tests
and other tidbits added.