Posted by Smarty on 11/25/06 14:16

Thanks Martin. It would be interesting to hear his thoughts. John Beale's
excellent web site on the TRV900 and other prosumer camcorders did some very
informative low light comparisons a while back, showing at least one
inexpensive single CCD camera from Sony in their cheaper consumer TRV-series
which was about as sensitive as the TRV900. I recall trying that model (I
believe it was the TRV720) out when John published his comparison still
photos, hoping to gain the sensitivity of the TRV900 or even better (like
the VX2000). It did exactly as John published, capturing low light images
very well, but the motion artifacts were just awful. This defect was not
even slightly evident from his comparison pictures.

I guess I should not be especially surprised that Sony and others have made
light sensitivity, clean motion images, and low price the basic 3
discriminants for the consumer. You can pick any 2.....but you can't get all
3 at once!


Smarty


"Martin Heffels" <is.itme@oris.ityou.info> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:47:31 -0500, "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote:
>
>>My prior TRV81 Hi8 camera
>
> Hi Smarty
>
> My brother has one of the higher-end Hi-8 Sony's. Not sure about the model
> number, but I will see him Sunday and then I'll compare it with my TRV900
> and report back. I'm in PAL-land by the way.
>
> -m-
> --

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