On 16 Dec 1999 19:15:56 GMT, "John P. Beale" wrote:
>Neuman - Ruether wrote:

>: I just posted a "shoot out" between the Sony PC-1, TRV-9,
>: TRV-900, and VX-1000; the Panasonic AG-EZ30U; the Canon
>: GL-1 and XL-1; and a Sony Beta SP (jes' fer phun...! ;-)
[under "I babble, on my web page...;-]

>Great work! I know how much time & effort it takes to do a comparison like
>this, and it is very helpful for prospective purchasers. (Interested how
>you disliked the GL1 audio; I liked the GL1 more for its audio than for its
>video, although I haven't had the privilege of hearing the VX1000).
>
>I'll be sure to add a link to your page from mine under "camcorder
>comparisons"

Thanks, and thanks for the comments. I will try to get more
contact with the GL-1 to check out the sound more, but it
appeared (mixed in with the other camcorder sound when
I edited the similar scenes together - maybe I should make
tape copies available?;-) to be nasal-sounding, but with a
bottom hump added - and the overall level was low, with some
camera noise audible... The trouble with tests is that the
results sometimes don't agree with long-term experience.
I have used the VX-1000 for a few years now, and have not
encountered the putrid greens I saw in the test - the camera
does have a yellow-green color cast, but it has either been
pleasant, or invisible in the footage I've shot with it.
The same may prove true of the GL-1 sound. With so many
camcorders side-by-side, characteristics that may appear
relatively terrible can be almost invisible when the
references are taken away. BTW, I'm a recovering
still-camera lens nut (see "SUBJECTIVE Lens Evaluations
[Mostly Nikkors]" on my web page...) and a mostly-recovered
audiomaniac, so, remarkable as I think Mini-DV camcorders
are, it is not surprising that I do tend to see/hear the
faults...;-)