The XM2 (or GL2?) would not be a wise investment at this point. I know you'll see lots of cheap used ones for sale, but that's for two reasons: 1) it uses tape, and those mechanisms wear badly, and 2) it is SD only. Avoid it.
If you want a cheapo all-around camcorder right now consider the Canon HV40 HDV ($700). More tempting in the <$1000 department would be the Sony HDR-CX100 AVCHD HD Camcorder ($360). There's a lot to be said for a tapeless workflow, not the least of which is the fragile and expensive tape heads. However, AVCHD will be difficult to edit on the best of systems today without resorting to "intermediate" codecs. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Victor Subervi <victorsube...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tony B asks what kind of video I'm editing. I'll be buying a high-end video > cam (probably a Canon XM2) to shoot for Web sites. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
