: Have any of you vx2000 owners used your camera at 18db gain without a camera light at receptions? If so, how did your results compare with using a video light.

The VX-2000 image is unusually smooth at +18db gain, and the trade-off of some color loss and error in very low light to get the natural "available-light" look (especially with candles) is worth it compared with the rather ugly on-camera light, I think. Some situations (like dancing in near darkness) can be helped by the addition of an on-camera weak light passed through a large diffuser made with thin white cloth stretched over a sewing hoop and attached to the light with wire.