Sony VX1000 vs Sony VX700 DV cam
Ton...@ix.netcom.com
I saw the Sony VX700 at a local electronics store for $1400. It looked nearly identical to the
VX1000 (maybe it was a bit smaller). Is the perfomance the same? Features? Anyone know anything
about this DV Camera that is half the price of the VX1000?
Tony
KINGJIM69
vx1000 is a 3 chip vs. 1chip on the 700
more features,better quality /performance on the 1000,worth the xtra $,unless
your buying just for basic fun use
Tom Harleman
I have the VX1000. It has 3 CCD's. The VX700 does not. The video bandwidth
captured by the VX1000 are incredible. I appears to me that the prosumer
Sony DSR 200A has the same videonics, with a different record mechanism.
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Chris Adams
The biggest thing is the 3 CCD's. The signal is handled by three chips instead
of one, therefore giving you better quality. It is so much a better quality,
that independent directors making documentaries are using it and transfering to
film.
The VX-700 does not have the quality of the VX-1000, but is half the price.
So it comes down to the question, what are you going to do with it?
My VX-1000 goes with me on industrial shoots all the way up to shooting footage
for a TV programs that is in several states.
The VX-700 is good for home stuff, and footage that you will probably not use
for television.
Chris
R. Dale McCarver
We use two VX700s to do live shoots through a mixer and record to Super VHS.
Our local cable companies play our stuff (county commission meetings, talk
shows, high school football games, etc.). The three chip VX1000 is a better
camera, of course, but I had to decide between two 700s or one 1000 and I
believe I made the right decision. (I'd still love to have a 1000, of
course, but you've got to look at what you're trying to do and then look at
your budget.) If Canon gets all the bugs out of their new camera ($4100),
it's probably even a better product that the Sony 1000. A word of warning
about the 700s: both of our have had viewfinder shutdown--due we were told
to a shoddy internal cable. Repair: $200, mostly labor. I think the cable
was $14. We were told that almost every one of the 700's is destined to
this same fate, probably sooner than later. (Ours were about 18 months old
when they died.)
edelf
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>The biggest thing is the 3 CCD's. The signal is handled by three chips
instead
>of one, therefore giving you better quality. It is so much a better
quality,
>that independent directors making documentaries are using it and
transfering to
>film.
>
>The VX-700 does not have the quality of the VX-1000, but is half the price.
>
>So it comes down to the question, what are you going to do with it?
>
>My VX-1000 goes with me on industrial shoots all the way up to shooting
footage
>for a TV programs that is in several states.
>
>The VX-700 is good for home stuff, and footage that you will probably not
use
>for television.
>Chris
>Tom Harleman wrote:
>> I have the VX1000. It has 3 CCD's. The VX700 does not. The video
bandwidth
>> captured by the VX1000 are incredible. I appears to me that the prosumer
>> Sony DSR 200A has the same videonics, with a different record mechanism.
Can you tell me which one has the better low light images ?
grtz edelf
KINGJIM69
the 700 has alittle better lowlight
its a tradeoff,
better picture/not as good in low light/vx1000
pic not as good/better lowlight/vx700
go with the 1000, so yu have to use alittle more
light, definitely worth it. youll regret getting the 700 if youve tried the
1000.
if you can rent the 1000,if your in a good size city, you should be able to
rent it ,where are you?
JohnnyVDO
Not as good as the VX-1000, but a very good deal! Rather bulky by today's
standards, but good picture quality.
-johnny
JohnnyVDO
> A word of warning
>about the 700s: both of our have had viewfinder shutdown--due we were told
>to a shoddy internal cable. Repair: $200, mostly labor. I think the cable
>was $14. We were told that almost every one of the 700's is destined to
>this same fate, probably sooner than later. (Ours were about 18 months old
>when they died.)
>
>
>Ton...@ix.netcom.com wrote in message
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>>I saw the Sony VX700 at a local electronics store for $1400. It looked
>nearly identical to the
>>VX1000 (maybe it was a bit smaller). Is the perfomance the same? Features?
>Anyone know anything
>>about this DV Camera that is half the price of the VX1000?
Same malady happened to my vx-1000 after two years. I hope they improve the
cable.
-johnny
Andrzej Jesmanowicz
JohnnyVDO (john...@aol.com) wrote:
: Not as good as the VX-1000, but a very good deal! Rather bulky by today's
: standards, but good picture quality.
: -johnny
When I bought my VX700 it was the only one I could buy at that time,
so it is used and abused for a long time in filming skydivers in
free-fall. I regretted that I didn't have VX1000. Few weeks ago
two other skydiving cameramen who recently bought VX1000 started
to complain that their shots from the same jump are not so
colorful as those made from my VX700. It amazed me :-) but
it is the fact. In air there is no problem with light. We jump
when sun is shining and clouds are high.
And that is all as it comes to a comparison.
Andre