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Originally Posted by Nigel Pollard  Do I have to buy a camcorder with three large CCD’s (probably costing megabucks) to get better exposed footage in low light? |
Yes.
The higher end Panasonics with larger CCDs make a huge difference.
We use 3 Panasonic AG-HPX500s in a indoor concert environment, the low light is not a problem, We also use 3 Canon XL-H1s that are not nearly as good in the low light environment. The Panasonics have 2/3" CCDs (3), the Canons have 1/3" CCDs (3), a huge difference.
The Canon does have a manual gain control however but the images get rather grainy at the high setting.