On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:52:16 GMT, "Alexander Ibrahim" wrote:

>Hey now...fair is fair.
>
>He *did* say the audio is "outstandingly good on the XL-1..."
>
>Since I bothered to post let me just add that the supplied stereo mic
>is the very best I have ever seen supplied with a camera. It still
>doesn't meet all production needs because it is an omni, but unlike
>every other camera out there I would not consider a mic an essential
>immediate purchase for the camera. In fact I have yet to use any other
>omni with my XL-1.

Well, it might surprise you, but I agree with most of
this, too...;-) I have looked for this XL-1 mic as an
available accessory (as the little mic that came with
the L1/L2 was, which served me well long after I
replaced my L1...), but no luck so far in finding it.
As omnis go, though, the ones on the VX1000 and VX2000
are acceptable, and I feel no immediate need to
supplement these with other omnis - but I would add
the XL-1 mic to my collection if it were easy...;-)