Lens Question
 

OK...here is the question. Lets say from a distance of 20 feet two camcorders are recording the same image. Both are zoomed in as tight as possible. One cam is the Cannon GL-2 and the lens is the standard 20x with the spec. of 4.2 - 84mm. The second cam is the JVC 5000 with the Cannon 16X lens with the spec. of 7 - 112 mm.

Which cam will show the largest image of our tiny subject?

Thanks in Advance!
Ron

The JVC will
EDIT Sorry everyone else is right.Don't know why I was thinking the JVC was 1/3".

What's the image magnification factor on a 1/2" chipper like the JVC 5000 cameras? I would have figured the 1/4" chips on the GL would give a big enough magnification factor to give it longer reach even with the smaller glass. Good question though!

I think the easiest way to do these comparisons is to convert both to 35mm SLR equivalents. The Canon GL2 with 1/4" CCDs has a conversion factor of 10.9 and the 1/2" JVC is 5.5. At the maximum zoom of each of the the lenses:
GL2: 84mm x 10.9 = 915mm
DV5000: 112mm x 5.5 = 616mm
So the GL2 will show the largest image, by far.

Any one have these two cams that can set up an actual test...seems like we have two different answers....

Thanks!