what about after the HC1 E???

[fiendleon]

Been looking at the forum for quite a while, and been taking some really good advice. I am what they call a 'young professional' and am looking for a camera and am stuck. I have narrowed down my choice to the sony HC1 E, just because of the minidv/HD transition. I am a bit concerned about the use of the cmos chip instead of the ccd, as I have heard it is not as good with low light conditions. Nevertheles it seems to be a good alrounder. The one thing that I really cant believe sony have taken out is the interval record feature, which allows for those beautiful timelapses.
Anyway I have two questions, is there a way around this int rec, so that I can still do the time lapse, without me having to be next to the camera pressing the record button?
Second and more importantly it seems like this camera is the pioneer in this new field of cmos hd combo with minidv, I was wondering how to tell which camera or when will sony bring out the replacement as the HC1 E has already been on the market for almost a year if not over. Any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks

 

[MarkG]

Didn't the HC3 replace the HC1 already?

As for CMOS, yes, it does appear to be worse in low light, but that's the main limitation: all cameras are probably going to be CMOS in a few years. Feature-wise, it does seem that Sony removed quite a few from the camera for no obvious reason, maybe they were concerned about competition with the FX1/Z1.

 

[fiendleon]

Yes the HC3 has replaced it but it has no focus ring and is not a tape camera. I need a mini dv/hd dv camera with focus ring, int rec and within £1000/$2000/€1500. I have been asking around, specialy in the sony centres and I finaly found out that its about february that they release the new cameras. I think I am going to wait till then.
If anyone has any info on current models not just sony within that price range it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks MarkG for the response