A friend of mine at CP24 in Toronto has a Canon HDV, shoots both mini-dv or to a card, has all the pro in/out, SDI, great in low light, he can't say enough good things about this camera, apparently it blows my Sony XD CAM 350 out of the water in low light. It's a comfortable medium sized camera as well, has just the right weight to it, great image stabilizer. Even in full auto this camera focuses and white balances bang on. He let me handle it and after five minutes I liked it so much all I could think about was how much I am still paying on my lease for that XD cam