Hi may name is eloy and my english is bad so hope you understand, i've been jumping cameras for about 8 years and as a tv producer, i used a bunch of cameras, my best choice after using almost all of them, is the sony the winner, why, simple they don't crack undre pressure they keep going and going, about what to to buy in that line, well it's depend what you need, for tv stuff a usually use my vx1000 3cdd camera and for fun the new trv will do the job good, cuse in the end you need, mini dv, firewire and antishake the rest are details,all for now,...Eloy keep X3M [url][email] love demos and videotape tandems