| Title: | Consumer video topics |
| Notice: | For Sale/Wanted ads in note 10 |
| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL |
| Created: | Mon May 07 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1216 |
| Total number of notes: | 10064 |
After reviewing this conference, it seems that SONY is the only choice
left for 8mm. There are not any entried made after 1995.
I am considering Canon ES900 vs Sony TRV32.
Canon ES900 Pros:
Cheaper by about $200
Optical stabilizer
Optical 20X zoom
HiFi Stereo
FlexiZone zoom
Colour view-finder
Better lense ?
SONY TRV32 Pros:
3" LCD panel + BW view-finder
Electronic stabilizer
I already have Sony batteries from my dead camcorder (F70)
Auto-date (with Canon you need to turn it on/off manually)
My assumption with Sony is that it will come on for first
5 seconds of recording.
Built-in lense cap (with Canon, you still have the lense cap
hanging by a string! For crying out loud it is 1997 :-)
Flying Erase Head (I am assuming it is there with Canon; otherwise
Canon will be out of picture)
No chance of Sony getting out of Camcorder business in near future.
Given that I will have to spend more on Canon to get extra batteries
(at least +$50) on Canon, I will be saving about $150 with Canon but
will lose the 3" LCD panel.
Any comments or recommendation on either of these cameras?
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| 1214.1 | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Wed Apr 23 1997 11:55 | 6 | |
There are several makers of 8mm camcorders - but people don't write much about them here. Sony and Canon are the market leaders. I still have the Sony CCD-V9 I bought in 1988 or so. Steve | |||||
| 1214.2 | HELIX::SONTAKKE | Thu May 15 1997 15:21 | 13 | ||
Well, to close the topic (especially given the fear that the topic might
just start generating numerous replies which I might not be able to count on my
right hand thumb :-)
I picked up a cheap Sony TR64 for $360.00 locally at Macy's. Apart from
the color viewfinder and remote controller; it is absolutely a no-frills
machine i.e. has no image stabilizer or built in LCD-color monitor.
This allows me to consider JVC GR-DV1 type of digital camcorder within next
year or two when it drops bellow its current four figure price.
- Vikas
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