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what to buy

Jan 25, 2005 2:46PM PST

I'm an amateur videographer looking for a new camcorder. I'm going to be making an instructional video, shot mostly outdoors. I'm partial to Canon and like both the optura 40 and the optura xi. Can't seem to differentiate between the two. Would either do the type of filming I want to do or should I move up to a Gl2 (which would be over my head right now...but something I could grow into?) Thanks for any light you can shed on this.

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