What up Jay welcome! I can't offer a comparison, but I've been using to Elura 100 for a lot of my v-blog episodes, and I have no complaints. Its a very affordable camera, it takes great pictures (for a 1 chipper), it has a mic imput which is a must if you're doing any interviews, and it works as a vcr and can record from external video sources. I'm using a wide angle lens for most of my videos, except when I need to zoom. I also use it as a deck for ingesting video into my laptop (I also shoot on a Canon XL1 in low light situations).
I checked into the specs of the Sanyo, and I didn't see anything about a mic imput. For now, I'd take tape (MiniDV) over a hard drive recorder any day because I like to keep all of my raw, and unless you're going to save all your video on an external hard drive, all that video you shoot will have to be deleted eventually. Any one chip camera is going to be weak in low light situations. I've found the Elura to be very portable, and it will fit in your coat pocket with no problem. Here are a couple of links to some videos I've shot with the Elura 100 http://blip.tv/file/144652 http://blip.tv/file/147489 You can compare that to the XL1 http://blip.tv/file/141349 http://blip.tv/file/130236 Hope this info helps. ac --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "jsmooth995" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello hello, been lurking for a while now and gleaned lots of insight > from you all (my first little forays into video are here: > http://illdoctrine.blip.tv/). > > I want to pick up a second camera that's easier to carry around, and > after reading up here and elsewhere I'm looking at the Elura 100 and > the Xacti C40. Wondering how much difference there is, especially in > terms of portability (xacti seems more pocket-sized, and just looks so > much cooler lol), and audio quality (i've read the xacti is weak on > sound recording). Also low light recording.. > > Much thanks for any insights! > Jay Smooth > WBAI / hiphopmusic.com >
