On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:10:33 +1000, "GB" wrote:

>Just about all the cyber cam sized models generate enough motor/head noise
>to be recorded.
>The only camcorder that is 99% noise free and reasonably sized is the Sony
>TRV900.
>It has lots of other advantages but it's also on the expensive side.....

About the same price, with some advantages in color
and sound quality, but with some disadvantages (useless
stabilizer, sometimes less sharp picture, no analogue
inputs), is the Panasonic EZ30U... The Sony PC-1 also
has very little motor-noise pickup, and is cheaper.