# What 3-chip digital video camera should I get? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-chip-digital-video-camera-should-i-get/166398 "2003-04-04T05:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-3-chip-digital-video-camera-should-i-get/166398/1 "2003-04-04T05:20:52Z")
It’s time to graduate from film school- which means I can’t use their equiptment anymore! It’s time to buy my own “pro-sumer” grade camera. In school, I’ve been using Cannon GL1’s and Sony XL1’s (and playing with PD150s-which I’m not a fan of), so mostly I’ve been looking at GL2’s and XL1S’s. I liked the GL1- it was a good sturdy little camera. But I loved the XL1’s image and the control I could get over it. From what I hear the GL2’s are really amazing- and a good thousand bucks cheaper. I’m thinking the main advantage with the XL1S is that with interchangable lenses, it’d hopefully be a camera that will grow on me and my cinamatographer buddy is a fan of prime lenses- but I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to buy more lenses for it before the camera gets outdated. Then comes along this Panasonic DVX100, which I know nothing about! It’s big draw is 24fps. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’m a big proponant of digital, and I can’t wait until technology and aesthetics change to the point that everyone wants to look at digital images- not images made on what I consider to be an archaic medium. But damn film looks good. And I want my movies to look good. And apparently most people thing the images that come out of a DVX100 look good. But in my mind, the XL1 is still the standard for a decent three chip camera. I’m reluctent to give up what I consider to be a good solid thing. What would you do?