On 19 Jul 2002 13:45:16 -0700, taohoo1@yahoo.com (psurfer) wrote:

>I'm considering a trv950 as a small, have-it-with-me kind of portable.
>From what I've heard, it probably has the best picture out there in
>this size category (nothing any larger is appropriate for the task),
>but it's not so great in low light, and the zoom control is poor.
>
>Are any of the newer Smaller one-chips capable of producing video as
>good, -or nearly so (about broadcast quality)- in as low or Lower
>light as the 950?
>
>I know the conventional wisdom says no 1-chip DV can compare, but
>maybe the gap has narrowed some now? - If something were considerably
>smaller, but gave Not that much worse-looking of a picture in general,
>(and conceivably this even could be done in slightly lower light than
>the 950, too) -then I'd be tempted. Any suggestions?
>
>I'm looking for the Smallest tool that can do the job here. No vx2000
>size (I know they're not very large, but they're Perceived by the
>public to be large, and larger all the time, as all the other cams
>they see out there keep shrinking...)

The Sony PC115/120 has a great picture in flat lighting
(with a polarizer added to saturate the colors a bit...),
but the low-light reach is about the same as the TRV950
(according to the Sony specs, anyway...).