[MacDV] Why only Sony

[Thubten Kunga]

It's Kunga, thanks. Thubten is like "Mr.". ; ^ )

I have a Canon XL-1 and I was disappointed in its performance (lousy in 
low light). I do like the improved feature set of the Canon XL-1S 
though. I have heard (not experienced because I do all my transfers 
with a deck) of incompatibilities with Canon cameras in transferring 
video.

I have been using Sony cameras ever since the early 90's with no 
problems to speak of. I think that if you are choosing between those 
brands at the lower price points that Sony is better. It's really 
personal bias. I like Sony. All my TVs are Sony because the are the 
only ones that have the brains to allow audio swap between small and 
large PIP windows. And I believe in the Trinitron CRT as a superior way 
to display TV. So the Sony brand loyalty bias goes way beyond which is 
a better camera.

I'm sure there are some on this list that swear by Canon. Perhaps they 
should come forward to balance out this "debate".

k

On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 01:20  PM, digitalcinema at shaw.ca 
wrote:

> Thubton,
>
> Why do you say only buy Sony? What about Canon?
>
> Chris