I have thrashed two vx9000 s to death. I wanted a big camera for the 'wow' factor when vox popping and it does the job well.

BUT

It's first gen dv - noisy, smeary, insensitive. Used within it's abilities it produces great results but I couldnt reccomend it unless you really are on a tight budget - my last was only 500 quid.

I might be selling both on e bay soon as a job lot. They have different faults and a keen person could make one good camera from the two.

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JVC DV5001e (big cam), Sony PC6E (tiny cam), Vinten pro5, PAG light, SM58, Sony ECM50, Sony C-76, 0.5x convertors for sony, Rode video mic, Vegas 7.