On Tue, 08 Feb 2000 23:16:16 GMT, "Daniel H Lauring" wrote:
[...]
>You claim the TRV900 is "better in low light." This is a very subjective
>thing. From what I've seen the TRV900 can "reach lower" at the expense of a
>lot more noise. At similar low light conditions the GL1 actually yields a
>more colorful, less noisy picture.
[...]

This may or may not be true (I would need to test for this),
if the gain rise of the TRV-900 is limited to 12db, as it is
with the GL-1, XL-1, and EZ30U. Since the TRV-900 can go to
+18db, it can produce a "useable" image in lower light than
the others, but under slightly more moderate conditions
(where in auto mode, the TRV-900 gain may still be above
12db due to the auto-exposure algorithms, but the others
are able to just produce a good exposure at their limit of
+12db), the images made with the other cameras will still
be better due to the lower gain used. The noisier, less colorful
picture of the TRV-900 may be improved by limiting the
gain in that camcorder also to +12db in the same light
level (there is no easy way to do this, but in AE[A] mode,
one can select a wider stop [when available] to force
the gain level down). Too bad that providing extra gain
availability on the TRV-900 may result in a worse picture at
a particular light level than if this advantageous feature
(for shooting in VERY low light) had not been offered...