On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:41:13 -0800 (PST), bigrocketman3@webtv.net (Steve McDonald) wrote:

> Those who managed to suffer through at least the first 5 minutes of
>"George of the Jungle", when it was shown on TV a few weeks ago, saw the
>Sony
>VX700 being used by an actress. It was the very first DV model, when
>introduced about 5 years ago. It was a single-CCD model, but had a 1/3"
>CCD with 380K active pixels and an optical stabilizer. With all the
>talk about how poorly many of the single-CCD digital models are
>performing these days, this earlier camera is a fine example of how good
>a less-expensive unit could be. It handles low-light very well and is
>good for about 450 lines of playback resolution.

The VX700 was my second Mini-DV camcorder (I owned
a PC-7 for only one day, previously...;-), but I think the
Panasonic AG-EZ1U may have preceeded by a bit the VX-700
on the market... Both are briefly covered in my web page
reviews (www.David-Ruether-Photography.com/camcorder-comparison.htm).
The VX-700 could go to slightly lower light levels than
the VX-1000, and in good light, the picture was good.
Limitations were mostly related to lack of manual control,
and lower color saturation, especially greens, compared with
the VX-1000. Mic placement was also poor, but this front
placement just under the lens is still common... It was not
very inexpensive when new, though.