Posted by doc on 01/11/57 11:50

but i see you DIDN'T use a DVX100B . . bummer, cause if you had, you would
have stopped trying to find a GOOD camera and stuck with the DVX :o)

drd

<mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <1145369478.279357.236050@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
> femalebiceps@msn.com writes
>>Thank for the infor but I do have one remaining question. Is it better
>>than the PD170 or
>>DVX100. Some people say that Sony has a better picture than the XL2? I
>>was also told that if you learn how to use the AE/White Balance/Gain
>>buttons then the XL2 can blow any other camera out of the water. It
>>seems that the people that complain about the picture on the Xl2 never
>>take it out of factory specs. When they try to shoot at night or in bad
>>lighting they get noise and then blame the Camera. Can anyone out there
>>comfirm these situations? I was told this new Sony HD camera shows a
>>better picture than the XL2? Anyone know?
>>
>
> The various commentary proceeding from and including Ms Biceps original
> post is ludicrous.
>
> Why doesn't someone who actually knows what they're talking about
> intervene before the presumptuous rhetoric blows all common sense 'out of
> the water'. Otherwise I might be tempted myself if I wasn't such a
> curmudgeonly old bugger.
>
> Cameras operated and or owned to date, that I can remember
>
> Sony
>
> 5 x PD 150's
> 4 x PD 170's
> 2 x VX1000's
> 1 X DVX100
> 1 x PD100
> 1 x PDX10
> 1 x XM1
> 3 x Z1
> 1 x A1
> 1 x FX1
> 1 x DSR 500
> 1 x 537 Hi8
> 1 x 537 Bet SP
> 1 x D35WS DVCAM
> 1 x D35WS Beta SP
> 1 x D35WS Beta SX
> 1 x DVW 700WS
> 1 x DVW 790
> 1 x 805 Hi8
> 1 x VX5000 Hi8
> 1 x VX200 Hi8
> 1 x DSR 200
> 3 x 326
> 1 x DSR 300
> 1 x DSR 250
> 1 x BVW 200
> 1 x BVW 300
> 1 x BVW 400
>
> Panasonic
>
> 1 x DV100
> 1 x DVCPRO 25
>
> JVC
>
> 1 x KY17
> 1 x KY25
> 1 x DV500
> 1 x HD101
>
> Canon
>
> 1 x XM1
> 1 x XL1
> 1 x XL1s
> 1 x XL2
>
> Thompson
>
> 5 x OB remote
>
> Ikigami
>
> 1 x Editcam
> 1 x DVCPRO 25
> 1 x DVCAM
>
>
> Out of all the above for our high end corporate and broadcast work which
> have been retained as useful one might ask?
>
> 3 x Sony Z1
> 1 x Sony A1
> 1 x JVC HD101
>
> We also hire in HDCAM
>
> That's all, the rest are obsolete.
>
> Would I prefer a PD170 (not PD150) to any other small chip DV including
> the XL2, the DV100 and the JVC DV500? Without a doubt!
>
>
>
>
> --
> John Lubran
>

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