Most of my shooting is live sports, and the biggest problem I have right now with the lengthening evenings is the green glow from the sun and floodlights. I changed my white-balance for the last game I filmed over to 4300K, and even though carefully looking for it, saw no evidence in my footage. Now, saying that, the place I was filming from doesn't have the brightest of floodlights and the sun was behind me, but any mitigation of this issue is great to have.

Hi James

I had to admit that I came very close to purchasing the HM-700.

I have taken the plunge and bought a Panny HPX 300.

I have looked at every cam on the market around $10000 Australian for around 2 years now.

I have owned and was disappointed in a EX3, studied the HM 700, Panny hvx 200 - 171 etc, waited for NAB '10 and hoping like hell Canon would come up with something spectacular.

Why doesn't someone build a:

3 x 1/2 CCD
SDHC recording format
AVC intra 100
Interchangable lens format
HD SDI / HDMI interface
Shoulder mount cam

If they did, I am sure they would have real success.

I am hoping I can learn my new cam inside out to take advantage of it's plus's and minus's.

Good luck with yours.

Michael