Best buy among Sony TRV33, Sony PC105 and Canon Elura 50

[James]

Hi all,

My JVC DVX70 got the famous E04 error code again last week, I decided
not to fix it this time. I fixed it with $250 last May, 2003.

Here are my criteria to select a new camcorder,
1. comparatively better low-light performance (? PC105=TRV33 >
Elura50);
2. overall better video quality, I am not very concern on still
pictures;
3. ultra compact size (Elura 50 > PC105 > TRV33)
4. price, Elura 50 ($599 at Fry's), TRV33 ($599 at Fry's) and PC105
($799 at Fry's);

In fact, I leaned towards Elura 50, but heard about the poor picture
as well as the motor noise. If the Elura 50 can compare with my 4 yrs
old JVC DVX70, then I can live with it. I think the TRV33 should have
been a good buy, but TRV33 is a little big for me.

I used to convert tapes as below,
1. transfer from JVC DVX70 to PC via firewire
2. edited with Ulead Media Studio;
3. encode with TMPGEnc;
4. burn to DVD;

If Elura 50 have motor noise problem, can I add some filters during
editing/export to remove the motor noise?

Any advise is highly appreciated. What do you think about these
camcorder, TRV33, PC105 and Elura 50?

Best regards,
James

[David Ruether]

"James" <cheu...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Unless the bit-smaller size of the PC105 is worth the $200 extra,
go with the TRV33 - generally excellent picture for 1-CCD (not
without problems, but...), good sound (why need to fix everything
later?), good reputation for durability/compatibility (never any
guarantees, though, with particular samples), and quite small. BTW,
best to archive back to tape, and use a DVD copy for viewing
convenience, not archiving...
--
David Ruether
rp...@cornell.edu
http://www.ferrario.com/ruether

[James]

Really appreciate your help.

Best regards,
James

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