On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 10:44:18 -0400, "Marck Savoie Voyer" wrote:

>Hi group!
>Here is my dilemna: I work as an editor for a production/post-production
>company in Montreal. I would like to start a small buisness of my own in the
>same domain. Small first then maybe grow bigger. At the beginning, corpo
>videos, small publicity for local shops, events videography would be our
>field of interest. We also plan to work on a documentary which we would try
>to sell to a television station when it will be done, but this would be a
>long term project.
>
>The question I am asking is this one: Since I cannot afford both camera and
>editing system, which one should I buy first? To try to narrow down a bit,
>here is what I find interesting:
>
>Camera:
>JVC GY-DV500
>Canon XL-1
>
>Editing system:
>Powermac G4 with final cut pro

I would buy a VX-2000 and a PC system (it can be modest)
with Canopus Raptor, or the Pyro card with Premiere - then
you can afford to buy both now, have a great camera and a
very good editing system to start, and add/change things
later as the business does/doesn't develop...;-)