On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:38:36 -0500, B Smith wrote:

>You might check out:
>http://www.supervideo.com/dvnewsii.htm
>The Sony TRV30 was today released in Japan, and rumor has it the
>updates to the TRV900 will follow late summer. Also the Panasonic...
>"

Rumor web sites can be a pain.....;-)

>... and the Pana Leica MX3000 ....
>Not to be confused with a PV-DV951. This is a look-alike
>of a Japan domestic NV-C7/MX2000 which has only plain
>lens & 1 CCD and took the place of the PV-DV800. Now
>instead of an upgraded DV950 at a $1700 price point, we in
>USA get this half baked, half step 951 THINGY. The New
>Pana MX3000/300E is truly one of the best camcorders I or
>any other video reviewer has seen. The image sharpness and
>and color resolution to say nothing of even the magnificent
>still imaging is a sight to behold. It is very possible that Pana USA
>has elected to bring this cam out in their NAB professional
>products showing meaning the price will be similar to what they
>did last time... "

This camera is interesting - but the frame-grabs and stills
I've seen from it indicate a very strong red-magenta bias
(one I was unable to fully correct out in a photo editor
in a simple way, indicating that color-matching it with
other camcorders would be difficult...).