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Martin van der Poel · January 2nd, 2009, 01:38 AM

The question that I asked in the first place was "Low light and Auto focus XH A1 or FX1000?".

Now we have a clearer idea about what I am looking at, what is the answer?

I have owned several video cameras over the last 20 years and they all handled low light and auto focus differently.
The best auto focus was probably my first Sony 8 mm, and that had a infra red system, it was not very accurate, but it worked, even when it was dark.

I realise that it is all a compromise in low light, but I am sure that one has to be better than the other even if it is only a little.

I am still reading more posts on this subject and I tend to lean more towards the XH A1 as that has more picture control that can be adjusted and saved so it can be used again and possibly improved by what you learned from the time before.

Regards, Martin

January 2nd, 2009, 01:38 AM	#7
Martin van der Poel Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 29	Hi Chris, The question that I asked in the first place was "Low light and Auto focus XH A1 or FX1000?". Now we have a clearer idea about what I am looking at, what is the answer? I have owned several video cameras over the last 20 years and they all handled low light and auto focus differently. The best auto focus was probably my first Sony 8 mm, and that had a infra red system, it was not very accurate, but it worked, even when it was dark. I realise that it is all a compromise in low light, but I am sure that one has to be better than the other even if it is only a little. I am still reading more posts on this subject and I tend to lean more towards the XH A1 as that has more picture control that can be adjusted and saved so it can be used again and possibly improved by what you learned from the time before. Regards, Martin