Posted by Steve King on 04/23/06 19:10

"popwar" <sk8r@coinet.com> wrote in message
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> so overall steve if u had to pick for skate filming a gl-2 or a vx2000
> which one would u pick
> ?

I don't know. I have a VX2000. It is an amazing camera for the money IMO.
I haven't tried the GL2. I chose the VX2000 over the GL1, which was
available at the time, but I understand there were some improvements in the
GL2. I'm sure either would work admirably for what you want to do. Temper
this opinion by the fact that I have no idea what "skate filming" entails.
I have yet to read a description of the shots you need to make, the support
you plan to use with the camera (tri-pod, hand-held, SteadyTrakker, Glidecam
or similar). Maybe I missed it. Those are the issues that would help make
the decision if I were in your shoes (skates). All other things being equal
or close to it, I might make the decision on weight if I were going to have
to skate along with the camera on the bottom of a Glidecam. I might make
the decision on which lens I liked best. Or, whether low-light was a
paramount decision. Or, if audio was very important to me (music video use
for instance) I might use that to make my choice. I believe that it is in
these kinds of details that the cameras differ. Only you can decide. If it
were me, and the budget was flexible -- not in your case, I believe -- I'd
be looking at the new batch of HD cameras for that capability plus a longer
useful life.

Steve King

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