On Sun, 02 Dec 2001 15:05:30 GMT, rdutru@home.com (Bob dutru) wrote:

>I wonder if any of you have bought a Sony DRV30 and what are your
>feelings on the camera now you've used it. i read somewhere it was
>"noisy" gain or sound of the motor? I hear it's quite sharp for a 1ccd
>camera (I used to be a professional cameraman and used an ikegami HL79
>3 tube camera when I worked for the nets) So I wonder how it would
>compare to that. Any feelings on the camera would help me in my
>decision whether to buyy one, right now I have an analog Canon, so I
>know any digitel one will be better but as it's a hobby for me now
>rahter than a job i don't want to go to the expense of buying a 3 ccd
>camera

There is a long thread on it (compared with the TRV900)
going on right now on rec.video... In the US, the price of
the TRV30 is near that of the better TRV900 3-chipper,
so...;-) Under ***the best*** conditions, you may be
hard-put to see much differences between the TRV30 and the
TRV900 for both picture and sound quality, but with
low light levels, and with movement with contrasty edges,
you WILL see the differences! ;-)
(I own both...)