In article <3263F2D6.352@lanl.gov>, tgt@lanl.gov says...

>Photography is great.
>After having spend years (and $$!) in the photo side
>I start to be very attracted by the video/film side.
>I was wondering if some of you moved to this other
>world. Experience ?
>In terms of equiment, I have a pretty good setup around
>my Nikon N90S. If I start in the video world, I want
>to get something which can evolve. I don't want to be
>stuck with a low level camera.
>Any experience with the Canon L2 ? Other ? Could I mount
>my Nikon lenses on the Canon (of course through an adaptor
>if any...)
>What are the criteria I should be looking for ?

Ah, I have been bitten by the video bug, also....
(talk about quality images...., NOT! - but the
appeal of motion-showing and good stereo sound
recorded by a small, fairly easy to use device
has been too great to resist...;-). The bugaboo
in video is editing, though - while hi-8 and S-VHS
original footage can look good, go one generation
down, and the marginally good becomes unacceptable
to those of us who are particular, alas). A camera
like the Canon ES-5000 is fairly versatile (though
not if you like wide-angle images, darn! [it's not
happy with w/a converters...]), and can get you
started, but if you have the money and a suitable
computer, I would consider the 3-chip Sony digital
camera (it has digital in/out connection, and soon,
suitable connection to computers for 1st-generation
quality editing). You might want to check out the
various rec.video.* groups...
Hope This Helps